Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn, often called B-Woman Raygun, failed to attain a single level on the Paris Olympics along with her viral performances, however she’s the one laughing now. In accordance with the brand new rankings launched by the World DanceSport Federation, the governing physique for breakdancing, Raygun is now the No. 1 feminine breaker on this planet.
Raygun gained the 2023 WDSF Oceania Championships, which awarded her 1,000 rating factors. Her win in that occasion is how she earned her spot on the Olympics. Not one of the medalists in ladies’s breaking on the Olympics — Japan’s Ami Yuasa, often called B-Woman Ami (gold), Lithuania’s Dominika Banevic, often called B-Woman Nicka (silver), and China’s Liu Qingyi, often called B-Woman 671 (bronze) — are presently ranked within the high 10.
Why Raygun is No. 1
So how did this occur? How is Raygun No. 1 whereas the highest three Olympic medalists weren’t even within the high 10? Sufficient folks requested that query that the WDSF needed to launch a press release explaining why Raygun was presently No. 1.
The rankings are based mostly on factors from every breaker’s high 4 performances from the final 12 months. (Factors expire after 52 weeks.) And as plenty of sports activities do previous to the Olympics, breaking modified its schedule and the awarding of factors to permit athletes to give attention to preparation main as much as the Paris Video games.
Attributable to that, three main occasions didn’t contribute to the rankings factors: Olympic qualifiers in Shanghai and Budapest, and the Olympic Video games itself. So whereas Raygun earned zero factors from the Olympics because of her efficiency, the medalists did not earn any both regardless of ending within the high three.
Not solely did these three main occasions not contribute to the factors, however they have been among the solely occasions held over the previous yr.
“Moreover, in alignment with the Olympic Qualification System, rating occasions have been deliberately not held between 31 December 2023 and the Olympic Video games Paris 2024,” the WDSF assertion learn. “This strategic scheduling allowed athletes to focus solely on the final a part of their Olympic qualification with out the added strain of further rating occasions.”
So proper now, the factors from most different occasions have expired, and there aren’t any different factors coming in as a result of Olympics. Which means most breakers have the factors from only one occasion deciding their rating. And since Raygun gained one of many final non-Olympics occasions, she’s now the No. 1 breaker on this planet.
