Posted on 08/10/2024 11:50:50 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Australian Olympic great Anna Meares says the social media mocking of a breaker for her routine and choice of clothing is "really disappointing".
Rachael Gunn, 36, failed to win over the judges as she lost her three round-robin contests in the competitive form of breakdancing by an aggregate score of 54-0 on Friday.
The university lecturer - who competes under the name Raygun - wore a green and yellow Australian Olympic tracksuit, while her rivals were kitted out in streetwear as breaking made its debut as a Games event.
As well as criticising her attire, social media users mocked the Australian's routine as she bounced around on stage like a kangaroo and stood on her head at times.
Explaining her performance, Gunn said: "I was never going to beat these girls on what they do best, the dynamic and the power moves, so I wanted to move differently, be artistic and creative because how many chances do you get in a lifetime to do that on an international stage?
"I was always the underdog and wanted to make my mark in a different way."
Meares, a two-time Olympic cycling gold medallist who is the Australia team's chef de mission in Paris, said of the criticism: "I think that what has occurred on social media with trolls and keyboard warriors, and taking those comments and giving them air time, has been really disappointing."
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It was a pathetic demonstration.
I watched it.
She’s white for starters, and....Australian
she’s too fat, and her “routine: looked like a drunk
fat woman just trying to get up off the floor.
Why is this an Olympic sport???
The shirt I posted says it sold for $90 bucks! Maybe they’ll make a comeback for the 2028 Olympics 😄
Oy, that’s a lot of dough for a shirt.😏
I think it’s very unlikely that it makes a comeback. It’s just so...so... politically incorrect. 😂
“ her “routine: looked like a drunk
fat woman just trying to get up off the floor”.
Spot on. I would say ‘on the nose’ but then after I wrote it I realized how ironically funny it looked.
I wasn’t lying, was I? Woof...
This French hosted “Olympics” was a gross exercise in bad taste, even grossness. It was disgusting. The filthy Seine river which left several Olympic participants ill. The disgusting parody of the Last Supper, acted out by gays. The prevalence of DEI politics. The antisemitism clearly shown by some countries. Now we have ghetto gyrations as a “sport”? Spare me!
Haha!
That’s why I’m not watching any of the Olympics. I wonder if they’ll try to include fruits and freaks for the closing ceremony, then issue another non apology apology.
By her own admission, she just recently tried to learn how to breakdance. That she was given a plane ticket, accommodations, and feted as an "Olympian" is embarrassing.
The whole performance looked like a bad SNL skit. She had no business being there. She should be ashamed of herself and she is deserving of every ounce of ridicule that she receives.
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