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After bombing her Olympic debut, Raygun ranked world’s #1 breakdancer (globalnews.ca)

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[–] terribletortoise 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I went on a bit of a YouTube dive yesterday and found a performance or two of Raygun prior to the Olympics. I don't know much about breakdancing, but she seems legitimately talented.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1dlmWC76g

[–] SkyezOpen 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

She seems a bit better here... But only a bit. Her only moves seem to be kick legs standing up, kicky legs on hands and feet, then contortion and flopping on the ground. Meanwhile in other competitions...

https://youtu.be/HplW3ybCj08

[–] stankmut 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's not a super fair comparison, since B-Boy and B-Girl breaking styles are very different. Women usually lack the upper body strength to do as many power moves that most of the men do.

[–] SkyezOpen 1 points 3 weeks ago

women usually lack...

Usually being the keyword. Here's two more examples.

Bottom line is she was seriously outclassed. All this "haha she's actually best in the world" stuff is obnoxious.