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Fan Petition To Figure Out How Raygun REALLY Got To Olympics Has A LOT Of Signatures

Not the entire world was laughing at Raygun, we guess. No, some folks are hopping mad! The Australian contender in the Olympics' first foray into

The change.org page entitled “Hold Raygun Rachel Gunn & Anna Mears Accountable for Unethical Conduct Olympic Selection” already has a whopping 54,255 signatures as of this writing. They make the bold claim that Rachael, who wrote her PhD thesis on breakdancing but is trained as a ballroom dancer, “manipulated the selection process to her own advantage.” They accuse her of having a hand in organizing the Aussie qualifier — which would be bad enough — but also specifically of refusing entry to more skilled groups. They specifically mention the “NT Youlong Boys, a group of incredibly talented and underprivileged youth from the Northern Territory.” And they go on to argue just the fact she won over the other breakdancers in the qualifier raises “serious questions about the fairness and integrity of the process.”

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