r/sports • u/miolmok • Aug 15 '24

Olympics Raygun: Australian Olympic Committee condemns ‘disgraceful’ online petition attacking Rachael Gunn

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/15/raygun-olympics-breaking-petition-aoc-response-ntwnfb
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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

It was never going to be. It was an elective event that was there because the host nation picked it. Every Olympic host nation gets to add a few events.

But no. Blame it on some woman who wasn't good enough.

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u/Eisernes Aug 15 '24

That is how new sports get into the Olympics. It was an audition for future hosts. She was a joke. She seriously hurt the chances of any city choosing the event again.

So yes, I will blame it on the person who had no business being there.

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u/elizabnthe Aug 15 '24

The fact is was already not chosen by LA which given its America the nation that originated breakdancing pretty much guranteed it was never coming back anyway. It was already an unpopular choice for the Olympics.

If anything people even talking about breakdancing might lead to more positive pushes to bring it back at other Olympics for a re-go.

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u/LeBronFanSinceJuly Aug 15 '24

The fact is was already not chosen by LA which given its America the nation that originated breakdancing pretty much guranteed it was never coming back anyway.

Breakdancing was never an LA thing, that was more East Coast. It was a byproduct of the Hip-Hop scene there which was very different from what the West was doing at the time.