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☆ Australian breakdancer Raygun, who was trashed at the Paris Olympics, just got ranked world No. 1. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewRachael "Raygun" Gunn, the Australian breakdancer who earned notoriety at the Paris Olympics, has been named the world's No.1 female performer in the sport. To those who know Gunn through her much-mocked Olympics performance, the ranking will likely come as a surprise. As such, the World DanceSport Federation — the governing body that produces the ranking — issued an explanation to go along with the news. The ranking, the body explained, does not take into account scores notched up at the Paris Olympics, nor at their qualifying rounds. Mark Kolbe/Getty ImagesThe current WDSF world No.2, Japanese breaker Riko, also gained 1,000 points in a qualifying competition.

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☆ Raygun, viral Australian Olympic breakdancer, ranked No. 1 in the world by sport's governing body
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn, who went viral during the Paris Games, was ranked number one in the world by the sport's governing body. "Raygun ranked world number one after Paris Olympics controversy — how funny is this? The Paris Games as well as the Olympic qualifier events in Shanghai, China, and Budapest, Hungary, did not contribute to the ranking. "In alignment with the Olympic Qualification System, ranking events were intentionally not held between 31 December 2023 and the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Gunn defended her Olympic performance in a recent interview with the Australian current affairs show "The Project," saying that she wanted to "bring out some Australian moves and themes."

Persons: Rachael Gunn, Gunn, Raygun, she's, It's Organizations: Paris Games, Continental, Olympic, Paris, Olympic Games, BK, Olympics Locations: Shanghai, China, Budapest, Hungary

☆ Raygun: Viral Olympian ranked No. 1 breaker in the world by sport’s governing body
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Australian breaker Rachael Gunn, the Olympian widely known as B-Girl Raygun who went viral after her performance at the Paris Games, is now ranked the No. The 37-year-old claimed the top spot in the latest women’s rankings released by the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) – the governing body of breaking and other dancesports. However, she won the gold medal at the 2023 WDSF Oceania Championships, securing her 1,000 ranking points and vaulting her up to No. “In alignment with the Olympic Qualification System, ranking events were intentionally not held between 31 December 2023 and the Olympic Games Paris 2024. From our perspective, that was nothing really shocking.”Raygun became one of the stories of the Paris Games after her performances at La Concorde Urban Park.

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Menno van Gorp competes during the World Breaking Championships in Leuven, Belgium, in 2023. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP/FileTo the tune of a Miles Davis trumpet solo, Menno van Gorp is stepping up his training ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics. “I love to practice on jazz,” van Gorp tells CNN Sport. “We’re under the flag of sports now, but to me, it’s still also an art,” says van Gorp, who calls himself an “artlete” on social media. It was in winning the UK championships in 2007 that van Gorp says he “exploded onto the scene” and started to compete more regularly.

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☆ Breaking is making its Olympics debut in Paris. Just don’t call it breakdancing
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

It might seem more like an artform than a sport, but breakdancing — known professionally as breaking — is making its Olympics debut this month in Paris. The Olympics adopted the same name to honor its culture and history and preserve its authenticity, Nifontov said. As breaking makes its Olympics debut, Cooper said a part of him fears it will lose some of the cultural qualities that make it a unique artform. Breaking events are scored on five factorsLike gymnastics or figure skating, breaking competitions are scored by a panel of judges. She eventually left her job at a global cosmetics company to focus on breaking and lives in New York City, where she trains.

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☆ Age is just a number for this 36-year-old academic who has danced her way to the Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | In Charmainemariajacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Australian Olympic breaking athlete Rachael Gunn poses during a portrait session in the Sydney central business district on April 17, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Cameron Spencer | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach." Mark Kolbe | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesBreaking, for the first time, has become an official sport at the Olympics, making it Gunn's biggest competition so far. Road to ParisGunn's journey to the Olympic dance floor was quite challenging, especially as she started breaking much later in her life. Australian Olympic breaking athlete Rachael Gunn is representing Australia as a B-Girl after qualifying for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games.

Persons: Rachael Gunn, Cameron Spencer, George Bernard Shaw, Gunn, Mark Kolbe, —, I've Organizations: Getty, Paris, Sydney's Macquarie University, Studies, Olympics, CNBC, Sydney Town Hall, Olympic Locations: Sydney, Australia, Paris

☆ Menno van Gorp: ‘Breaking has total freedom for me,’ says medal hopeful in the newest Olympic sport
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —To the tune of a Miles Davis trumpet solo, Menno van Gorp is stepping up his training ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics. “I love to practice on jazz,” van Gorp tells CNN Sport. “I’m building here a dance studio in Rotterdam and I’m working also on the new generation here,” van Gorp explains. In order to qualify for the Games, van Gorp will hope to earn selection via the Olympic Qualifier Series in May and June. “If you want to make art,” says van Gorp, “you want to make something that’s really you – not somebody else.”

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☆ South Korea breakdancing: Korean b-boys eye Asian Games and Olympic gold
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Andrew Mcnicol | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

South Korean breakdancing team Jinjo Crew at the World K-pop Concert in 2021. Jeon Jiye, or b-girl Fresh Bella, will feature for the South Korean delegation at the Asian Games. The veteran, from the legendary Jinjo Crew, is a multiple world champion and Asian Games gold medal contender. There is added motivation after the country’s emphatic success in fellow Asian Games debutant, esports. “At the Asian Games, we will see all of this.

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☆ US breaker prepares for mental battle at Games
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Montalvo held off one of his fiercest rivals, Canadian Phil Wizard, in the final to take the World Breaking Championship title late last month and become the first American to qualify for breaking at the Olympics. "Breaking is more mental than physical. "It doesn't matter how fast you are or how strong you are, you can have the craziest moves in the world, but that doesn't mean you're the best breaker in the world." I just make sure that I do add a little bit more of the physicality for it." Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Victor – Victor Montalvo, Yves Herman, Victor Montalvo, Montalvo, Phil Wizard, Amy Tennery, Toby Davis Organizations: United, Reuters, Colorado Springs, USA, Thomson Locations: Leuven, Belgium, Paris, Colorado, New York

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