There are countless ways a sport can debut at the Olympics, but breaking was perhaps the most intriguing. Breaking, or breakdancing, made its official debut at the Paris Olympics on Friday, with Japan’s Ami Yusa winning the gold medal, beating out 16 other breakdancers.
But the B-girl who stole the show was not Nika, a petite, hooded Lithuanian woman, but Rachel Gunn, a 36-year-old Australian university lecturer better known by her stage name Rae Gunn, whose research focuses on, yes, breakdancing.
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Despite going 0-3 against his opponents and failing to score a single point in the day’s events, the Raygun became a viral hit and a much-needed source of memes against the backdrop of Elon Musk’s ridiculous culture war antics on X (formerly Twitter).
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Gunn, meanwhile, is committed to being himself despite the buzz. Guardian“I wanted to do it in a different way, to be artistic and creative, because how many times in your lifetime do you get the chance to do it on an international stage?” the breaker told the media.
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