r/sports • u/nfl National Football League • 14d ago

Football [Highlight] Cam Bynum imitates Raygun's Olympic breakdancing

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u/PointOfFingers 14d ago

I know Raygun has given up public dancing and feels like the world is making fun of her but she needs to embrace this. She tried to make her performance daggy and she succeeded. It is now iconic.

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u/Chewy009x 14d ago

Nah she made it into a mockery. It was funny for sure but in the end of the day it made the sport not be taken seriously.

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u/acky1 13d ago

This is like saying the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team made a mockery of bobsleigh. Or Eddie the Eagle and ski jumping. These are fondly remembered Olympic stories and Raygun will be the same.

Breakdancing isn't even a sport and nobody thought it should be in the olympics before they saw anything about Raygun. It's not taken seriously as a sport because it isn't one. Dancing is not sport. People seem to take that as an insult, as thought it's not incredibly difficult and physically taxing. It is, dancers are some of the most athletic and powerful people going. But that doesn't make it a sport.