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minus-squareXanthobilly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down25·3 days agoAll the comments here miss the fact that she rigged the Australian qualifier, lacks the skill to compete fairly, denying more talented candidates, and thus, did not deserve to be there.
minus-squarepeanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down6·3 days agoFalse, https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-breakdancer-raygun-olympics/ The Internet just likes to bully people.
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·3 days agoShe deserves to be bullied for being that horrible and taking the opportunity away from someone better.
minus-squareflubba86@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoMy understanding is the only Australian breakdancing professional women who are better than her don’t have citizenship, so cannot compete.
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days ago don’t have citizenship So not Australian and not worth discussing in this context.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·3 days agoI saw the article linked elsewhere in there comments and the AAP suggests your assertions are false. I’m neither a breakdancer nor a reporter, so I defer to your assessment of their scrutiny.
All the comments here miss the fact that she rigged the Australian qualifier, lacks the skill to compete fairly, denying more talented candidates, and thus, did not deserve to be there.
False, https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-breakdancer-raygun-olympics/
The Internet just likes to bully people.
She deserves to be bullied for being that horrible and taking the opportunity away from someone better.
My understanding is the only Australian breakdancing professional women who are better than her don’t have citizenship, so cannot compete.
So not Australian and not worth discussing in this context.
I saw the article linked elsewhere in there comments and the AAP suggests your assertions are false.
I’m neither a breakdancer nor a reporter, so I defer to your assessment of their scrutiny.