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Australian Breakdancer Responds After Olympic Debut Goes Viral


Rachael “Raygun” Gunn earned zero points for her breaking performance on August 9.

On Friday, August 9, Gunn, competing under the name Raygun, didn’t earn a single point, losing 18-0 in each of her battles against three competitors: U.S.’s Logan Edra(Logistx), Lithuania’s Dominika Banevič(Nicka), and France’s Sya Dembélé(Syssy). An odd-numbered panel of judges scored each round and battle based on five criteria: Technique, vocabulary, execution, musicality, and originality. Breaking—one of the original four elements of hip-hop, along with DJing, graffiti, and MCing (rapping)—is a dance style that emerged from Black and Latino communities in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s.

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