Breaking has officially made its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the memes are going viral for the wrong reasons. The internet found a main character of the day, Australia’s Rachael Gunn, a.k.
a. Raygun, who was eliminated in the preliminary phase of the competition after losing to opponents from Lithuania, the United States, and France. A lecturer at Macquarie University, where she focuses on breaking culture in Sydney, Gunn qualified for the Olympics after winning the Oceania Breaking Championships in 2023.
Despite leaving the competition empty-handed, her ...
signature style displayed throughout several rounds won her a place in the Meme Hall of Fame. For those of you heeding the unserious warnings online (even breaking superfan Ice-T has gone radio silent after promoting the event for weeks), she and the other dancers made history on August 9 as the first to ever compete in breaking at the Olympics. Ami Yuasa of Japan took home the gold medal, with Lithuania’s Dominika Banevič (b-girl Nicka) winning silver and China’s Liu Qingyi (671) earning bronze.
Even though the dancers have broken new ground at the Olympics, all the internet cares about is getting their little jokes in about Raygun. Have they even seen the final battle against Ami and Nicka? People putting their hearts out on the dance floor is no laughing matter, and yet, it’s absolutely hilarious. Breaking returns on Saturday with the men’s competition.
Everyone get their giggles out now, or meet us on the dance floor. What my nephew does after telling all of us to “watch this” pic.twitter.
com/366LjIRl4j "The 2024 Paris Olympics' hottest event is breakdancing. It has everything - A tiny Lithuanian girl in a durag named 'Nicka,' a 36-year-old Australian PhD student named 'Raygun,' and millions of people all over the world wondering who okayed this." pic.
twitter.com/iR8j439Gah my dog on the lawn 30 seconds after i've finished bathing him pic.twitter.
com/A5aqxIbV3H So much breakdancing at the Olympics but nobody's talking about how they're going to save the rec center smh me tryna get the duvet off when i’m too hot at night #olympics pic.twitter.com/NM4Fb2MEmX When you lie on your resume to get the job #Australia #breakdancing pic.
twitter.com/SqbSV1mkX5 She’s gonna get that Juilliard audition, for her mom and Derek 🫶🏽. pic.
twitter.com/tgdyFJHTbk Two Celsius no breakfast pic.twitter.
com/rMm3vao8q8 me as a worm trying to get my girlfriend’s attention to see if she still loves me pic.twitter.com/kjf425YLNm.
