Why popular breakdancer Raygun received a zero at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris has been clarified by a breakdancing judge.
For the games in Paris, breakdancing was added to the Olympic program, and it had quite an interesting debut.
Following an Olympic performance dubbed “hilariously ridiculous,” one dancer, Raygun, went viral.
Six criteria points are used by the judges to evaluate an Olympian’s performance: musically, performativity, technique, personality, and creativity.
In each of the three bouts Raygun, whose true name is Rachael Gunn, participated in, she was unable to record a single point.
After her Paris Olympics performance, Gunn has subsequently been the focus of haters on social media.
Breakdancing Judge MGbility has sent her sympathies to Gunn and provided an explanation for her score of zero.
The judge told News Corp: “I feel personally very sorry. The breaking and hip hop community definitely stands behind her. She was just trying to bring something new, something original and something that represents her country.
“We stay with her. Just her level was maybe not as high as the other competitors.
“Again, we’re using a comparative judging system. Her competitors were just better but it doesn’t mean that she did really bad. She did her best.”
MGbility added: “Unfortunately for her, the other b-girls were better. That’s why she didn’t score any votes in her rounds.
“Breaking is all about originality and bringing something new to the table from your country or region and this is exactly what Raygun was doing.
“She got inspired by her surroundings, which in this case, for example, was you know – kangaroo. The animal.
“For breaking, when you look for innovations or originality, you always search outside of dancing. Martial arts, how the animals move, anything.”
Gunn was interviewed immediately after the competition came to an end, telling press: “I was never going to beat these girls on what they do best – their power moves.
“What I bring is creativity.”
According to her Olympics bio, Gunn is not only a breakdancer but also a Ph.D. holder in cultural studies and a university instructor at Macquarie University.
It was more than simply the Olympic performance that the world has been talking about.
The International Olympic Committee let athletes to wear their personalized uniforms prior to the start of the Paris Olympics, according to the New York Post.
Gunn was the only athlete who wore a tracksuit representing her country.
After receiving a lot of criticism, she posted on Instagram, saying, “Looking forward to the same level of scrutiny on what the b-boys wear tomorrow.”
