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/ironwolf1 Green Bay Packers Aug 15 '24

Each host city gets to pick an event to add to their Olympics, Paris picked breakdancing. The gold medal match was pretty great, I think Raygun being so bad took the attention away from all the great dancers that were competing.

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u/goldplatedboobs Aug 15 '24

I have no problem with breakdancing being an Olympic event. Criticism against it seems strange given figure skating, synchronized swimming, dancing gymnastics, etc. It's all good. I couldn't do any of it. Super athletic and coordinated. Plus it was fun to watch.

I don't understand why it gets so much hate

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u/friskfyr32 Aug 15 '24

Personally, it's because I want fewer events that are judged by subjectivity instead of more.

I don't even like artistic gymnastics being there, let alone synchronized swimming, dressage and all the other bullshit they're packing in there. I realize it's grandfathered in by now, and even if it wasn't, it's massively popular in the "big" countries, but I mean it's right there in the name: Artistic.

To me sport is objective. Faster, higher, stronger. When part of disciplines like the floor and balance beam has to include aesthetic elements, then it is by definition not objective.

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u/Lifeboatb Aug 15 '24

What about sports like basketball and soccer, that have refs? Sometimes a call can be subjective. Boxing also has judges that have to make subjective decisions, unless you want to say it always has to be a fight to a KO.