‘Excruciatingly bad’: Rita Panahi reacts to Raygun's performance 

Her friends and enablers did her no favors by not telling her she has no talent. If they would have been honest with her, then her life wouldn't be a shambles now.

There's no way she's the best break dancer in Australia. Absolutely no way.

love how the olympic team try to defend her by calling it a hate crime against her gender, when all it is, is saying this person is untalented and didnt deserve that spot. which is a fair assesment

This woman is the poster child for every Karen with an unathletic child who continuously receives participation trophies after losing the game for their teams. What a world we have to live in

But she’s been training for 16 years, right? Meanwhile the silver medalist in the same event, only 16 yo, was amazing.

Canadian here. Was embarassed on behalf of Australia.

Raygun break dancers like a toddler, what an embarrassment to Australia

As an American, I'm embarrassed for Australia. And that's saying a lot, look at our clownshow.

The real question is, are those people who qualified her getting fired? They need to follow this up

This is what participation medals for children results in adults.

Raygun's performance shows a lack of respect towards people who trained hard, put up with injury and difficulty and dreamed of the Olympics. I don't give a damn what her story is. The Olympics is about ability

I was a female horse jockey in a male dominated sport and never cried. I just worked hard and proved myself and had a very successful career. These princesses make a mockery of real women who paved the way for all women throughout history.

This is not confidence, this is narcissism at it’s best.

My first thought on Rayguns performance was "Mums drunk again".

There's a legitimate reason why she didn't even score a single point... She was an absolute Shocker...

Her coach, Jojo Siwa, deserves alot of credit for this performance.

As a 73 year old pensioner, I seriously believe I could look better than that picking myself off the floor after falling over

"if you dont know Rachel's story" No we don't, and we didn't ask, we just want the best breakdancer.

Best comment so far. "Losing Steve Irwin is now the 2nd worst thing to happen to Australia."

This is the epitome of getting-a-medal-for-showing-up culture. The best example one could ever ask for.

It's the PhD that's the real crime. Sums up the stupidity of the modern university system.

Leaving emotions, race, gender etc out of it, she’s not talented. It’s that simple.

I grew up in the 80s and I remember breakdancing. Every break dancer I ever saw had 10 times her talent.

The ultimate Karen move, cry to get into the Olympics.

She stole a young girls dream, she had delusional friends who pushed her through.

That wasn't break dancing, that was an epileptic fit.

We really are living in Idiocracy

You can't shame a person who has no shame. So instead blame Australian officials for allowing her to represent you.

If you can't handle criticism, you're not fit for the Olympics.

Total embarrassment that she's got chosen to represent Australia.

She said she trained for 37 minutes and is surprised ppl are mocking her. Its an insult to hip hop culture

She put the Broke in Breakdancing . Thank you Australia for taking the world focus of the USA and the silliness going on here .

She's not breakdancing. She's BROKE DANCING

As a Gen X from The Bronx NY, where breakdancing was born. I was embarrassed for that woman… breakdancing and those who were talented to do it, really took the art seriously, she looked like she was making a mockery out of it. Also I was shocked there was even a breakdancing category in the Olympics (I don’t follow the Olympics) it all sounds surreal and hilarious like a Simpsons episode 😂

So once again, turn her into a victim in order to excuse her inability to do the sport that she apparently loves. Since when are athletes supposed to be given medals for pity and not for actual talent and physical prowess.

She single handedly made sure break dancing wouldn’t be on the 2028 Olympics

After I saw her performance, I locked myself in my room and cried too.

They never should have let her out of that room.

rather than crying, she should have been practicing

1. Lack of self awareness 2. Narcissism 3. Friends at right places This is the inevitable outcome of inclusion over merit. The only thing"Raygun" showed is that she has no idea what she's doing. And how they try to defend her by claiming that all criticism and mockery of her is sexism and misogyny is just pathetic and idiotic. Meares making it about gender discrimination and having courage is wild. Also, if this is art for her then she should be at an art expo but I'm quite sure they wouldn't let her in. The fact that she was allowed to participate in the Olympics is like letting people who don't can't swim at all participate in swimming. But who knows, the Olympic Games may in the future make reality of Monty Python's old sketch "Silly Olympics" where one of the disciplines is the 200 meters breaststroke for non-swimmers (where the commentator after the starting shot informs "we'll be bought back there when the corpses are fished out").

Not to be cruel or anything, but a person suffering from epilepsy at that particular time would be scoring higher than this woman. What an embarrassment to our country.

Well done Rita. As an Australian living in the US, I became the laughing stock amongst my friends after so many of our wonderful athletes dominated through their outstanding hard work and determination! Woke fail and shameful mockery of our country.

Years ago, they started giving participation ribbons to all children at the athletics and swimming carnivals so no child would miss out. Well, here we are.

She went into a competition where people are judged. We are judging her and coming to the conclusion, she was terrible, and should have never been in the competition. People should stop defending her, she made her own choice to be on the world stage to make a fool of herself. She clearly forgot that the internet is forever.

It’s utterly embarrassing that we sent that break dancer to represent Australia. Just a total embarrassment

Thats what we get for telling our kids a PHD in "Dance Culture" is good as long as they are having fun

OMG!! In 2008 she WAS CRYING!!!!!!!!!! Give her a free ride and a gold medal NOW!!!!!

That's like giving everyone a gold medal in children's games.

She has a PhD in "break culture". That's like having a PhD in eating Coco Pops.

Instead of crying she should have been practicing

What's more disturbing is not being allowed to show the footage.

I'm still in shock. Is it true that she is the best dancer in Australia?! 😂😂

Australia WTF! 😂man you saw her dance before the Olympics and you still put her on the team

An embarrassment to all olympians

This performance has been scrubbed from the internet. You can't find it anywhere.

2008?!? Thats a long career to be that bad

WHO picked her to be an Olympian?? Whoever it is should be sacked.

I honestly thought I was watching a “mockumentary”.

The world should thank her. She single-handedly prevented this from becoming an Olympic sport.

So she cried her way in? This is why men think we are a joke and manipulating!

No...i just cant believe this was the level she was dancing at prior to the olympics , people saw this and collectively agreed to choose her to represent the country. Theres no way

I love Rita's honesty. I'm truly disgusted by Raygun's "history." I've been through worse. Can't stand nor tolerate these people capitalizing off playing victim. Disgraceful.

5:28 Oh no, she experienced judgement and criticism. Isn't that exactly what she signed up for going to the Olympics?

I wanna know the qualifications of the judges that picked her. There's no way breaking in Australia has devolved to that in the last 40 years.

Paris Olympics will go down as one of the most bizarre that's for sure.

So Raygun is a DEI hire? Shooooooocking

The woman making excuses for her is a disgrace. She was claiming misogyny was the issue, and it's a male dominated sport. We all have eyes to see she wasn't breakdancing. She took a spot of a more deserving girl.The fix was in from her judge of a husband.

I'm an Aussie through and through and I will back any other Aussie where needed... but seriously... this woman needs to get a real grip on reality. I am all for everyone giving it a go, but the reality is that she CAN'T DANCE !! At the qualifying event, she should have been eliminated... it was obvious then. She tried... good on her for giving it a go... but you don't have the talent for this, so move on or work harder and try again in 4 years. To let her get through sounds to me like we needed to fill a place in a new event that we had no-one else in, so hey here you go congrats, here's your ticket to Paris !! What a disgrace to our proud nation. She has not done us any favours at all !! Shame on the Olympic organizers and selectors. Hang your heads in shame.

The kangaroos in Australia are offended.

I’m sorry but she should be EMBARRASSED by this performance. I’ve been a breakdancer for 12 YEARS and I wasn’t just sitting there CRYING

She cried in 2008 making her qualified for the Olympics.

So spazzing out on the floor is what Australia considers breakdancing how disrespectful!

I accidently pee'd on an electric fence once, who would have thought the same moves would have gotten me into the Olympics

I was an abused child..Taken from my neglectful parents and adopted out to be raised in a family with a Dad who physically and verbally abused me severely. You won't see me crying victim and trying to use my past trauma to wriggle my way into a spot in the Olympics that someone else who has worked hard with dedication deserves.

Australia will forever be remembered by raygun.

Just cos you love the sport doesn’t mean you’re good at it. “Raygun” proved it.

As an Australian I am honestly lost for words (and terribly embarrassed)

What happens when you have infinite self belief and surround yourself with people who shield you from the truth.

She looks like shes doing a T rex impression

She was in the wrong Olympics.

I want to be a brain surgeon but they don’t want to include me because I can’t get into med school. How dare they?

If this is acceptable then pole dancing should be an Olympic event. EDIT: It just occurred to me that Australia would send that same woman to pole dance. So never mind.

Being original doesnt mean being terrible. She didnt pull a single difficult move.

What an embarrassment, bloody awful.

apparently the '24 Olympics identify as a high school talent show.

For generations the Chappell brothers held the torch for the most cringe worthy event in Australian sport. A new era has be Gunn.

PhD, serious academic and lecturer, Raygun - the Australian Olympic break”dancer” should be a reality check for parents who go into debt paying for children’s liberal arts college degrees.

Yep. She broke dancing. And Paris broke the Olympics. Now she just needs to be included in the closing ceremony.

Why didnt they simply keep her locked in that room?

This is where participation medals at school will get you.

I don't know the first or last thing about Breaking, yet this Raygun debacle is wildly entertaining. A star is born! More power to her. 💪

So you win as long as you have the most sob story than others

She looks like someone’s mom trying to be cool. Most of her competitors were 20 years younger than her.

Anna Maers EXCUSE was absolutely PATHETIC...we are not blind nor stupid.

Thank you from Canada, telling it like it is ❤.

Seriously? How on Earth did Rachel Gunn _qualify_ for the Olympics? Was she top breaker from a field of one or something?

I think that woman's attempt to explain Ray Gun's history was funnier than RG's kangaroo hop.😂

I'm jealous that Australian news is more entertaining and honest than my British news 😭

whatever judges passed her to perform in the OLYMPICS needs to be stripped of their judging abilities...

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