She is coached by her husband, Samuel Free,[10] and says that she trains three to four hours a day.[11] Gunn ranked second in the Australian Open B-girl Ranking in 2022[12] and topped the ranking in 2023 in Australia[13] as well as winning or coming in the top three at many Australian breaking events in the previous five to ten years.[14] She represented Australia at the World Breaking Championships in Paris (2021), Seoul (2022), and Leuven (2023).[7][3] In 2023, she won the Oceania Breaking Championships, defeating Molly Chapman ("Holy Molly") in the final,[15] and secured her spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics according to the qualifying rules.[3][4]
I just don't understand the resume compared to what she presented in the olympics. It just seems like she would have a pretty good understanding of the sport, but her performance showed a lack of a lot of things.
Am I misremembering or did they cancel that category after her performance? I have a vague memory that breakdancing had only recently been accepted as a discipline and then she did that and they decided to remove the discipline again..? Might have been a fever hallucination after I saw her performance. Wishful thinking, probably.
It was announced to not be included in the 2028 olympics back in 2022. It’s up to the hosts to decide which extra competitions are included, Flag Football and Squash will be added new, while Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse, and Cricket are being added after being olympic sports previously but not in 2024.
Check out average rob on YouTube. He's a Belgian dude who has done a ton of different sports as a "average" guy. He started the whole thing already pretty muscular and has gotten way more in shape over the course of what he's done. But he also has his brother do everything with him and he is very not in shape. They're some funny guys as well, great videos IMO.
They do skeleton here, the most insane form of going down a tube of ice(at the place where that one guy doing skeleton died a while back IIRC): https://youtu.be/WjkRHgY0yZg
Not the Olympics, but for the difference between regular people and top tier athletes. If you're not familiar with "the Scallenge":
However, one player who developed a reputation for being among the worst in the NBA was Brian Scalabrine. He was criticised for being a bench warmer and averaged just 3.1 points per game during his time in the league.
And in 2013, after continued criticism for his bench role, he famously responded: "I'm closer to LeBron than you are to me."
He plays (and destroys) non-pro players. It's not like regular dudes off the street. He's playing people who were trying out for the NBA, and they were the top of their own local league.
NBA’s ‘Worst Ever Player’ Took On Three Amateurs in Never-Before-Seen Challenge
Yep, can confirm. I suck at sports and know it, rather than being a couch warming critic. My sister runs circles around me in any sport and she's recreational level. A pro player would destroy me in minutes
There are players who play in the ECHL (The lowest level of pro hockey in North America) who will play rec leagues in the offseason, and they might as well be Crosby or McDavid when they're playing with randoms.
There's videos of John Scott, an enforcer who basically just fought people and scored 5 goals in his 10 year NHL career. I know people who played beer league with him and he was doing laps around everyone. Just stick handling through three defenders and showing off.
For the 2018 olympics they did a series where they had athletes swap sports. Some of them had a closer connection (like figure skating and ice hockey) and others just seemed more random.
Then another channel later did some more in-depth vids on the same concept, with even some of the same overlap, like hockey and figure skating
But I want to see Geoff from accounting, who has never done a vaguely extreme thing in his life, get strapped to a pair of skis and pushed down the ramp.
This feels suspiciously specific. Is Geoff a willing participant in your scenario? How much do you care about how Geoff fares in the landing? Has Geoff been denying your expense reports?
In my ideal world Geoff was chosen by lottery, he does not want to do it, but he surprises everyone by not absolutely eating shit and finishes cleanly.
Here is Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce (multiple Olympic medals as well as world championships in sprinting) running in a school parent's race vs. other moms.
It may work ok for curling, figure skating, or cross country, but you get into anything involving a slope and it starts to get really dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. Think moguls, big air, or ski jumping.
It kinda makes sense until you start thinking about it case by case. Who wants to watch an untrained non-athlete do figure skating? A lousy javelin thrower could kill someone.
Nah. They teach that shit to highschool kids. The worst that happens is the thrower rotates the javelin and whacks the bar into the back of their own head.
I forget which comedian it was, might have been Jerry Seinfeld, but he was talking about the luge, how it's almost not a sport. "He's pointing his toes, what an athlete." Then he got into the involuntary luge. "No! Let me go! I don't wanna do the luge."
There was also Eddie The Eagle, the not quite a ski jumper who was the first to represent Britain in the sport in Calgary in '88.
I liked his bit about the "fastest man in the world", he'd move his head back a centimeter "second fastest", and then half a centimeter back again "complete nobody"
Watching the finals (that she obviously wasn't part of), and the athleticism on display was incredible. I could've done without the whole "dissing" attitude, but the dancing was super impressive.
Already happened before:
I just don't understand how this happened. Did no one else on the Australian team see her dance and be like ???
I saw the Australian guy's dance and he at the very least knew what he was doing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Gunn#Early_career
I just don't understand the resume compared to what she presented in the olympics. It just seems like she would have a pretty good understanding of the sport, but her performance showed a lack of a lot of things.
That’s supposed to be a kangaroo, but she failed so badly
Oh, I thought that was some kind of kung-fu.
Am I misremembering or did they cancel that category after her performance? I have a vague memory that breakdancing had only recently been accepted as a discipline and then she did that and they decided to remove the discipline again..? Might have been a fever hallucination after I saw her performance. Wishful thinking, probably.
https://people.com/why-breaking-is-not-in-the-2028-olympics-8695145
It was announced to not be included in the 2028 olympics back in 2022. It’s up to the hosts to decide which extra competitions are included, Flag Football and Squash will be added new, while Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse, and Cricket are being added after being olympic sports previously but not in 2024.
Ah, thanks for the clarification. So it was only half a hallucination I had there, lol.
It was only a demonstration sport, like a guest performance as it were.
Allow me to introduce you to 80s legend Eddie the Eagle.
The movie was good too. Hugh jackman gets to really flex his chops in it.
Oh damn, I forgot I watched this movie. It was good
Check out average rob on YouTube. He's a Belgian dude who has done a ton of different sports as a "average" guy. He started the whole thing already pretty muscular and has gotten way more in shape over the course of what he's done. But he also has his brother do everything with him and he is very not in shape. They're some funny guys as well, great videos IMO.
They do skeleton here, the most insane form of going down a tube of ice(at the place where that one guy doing skeleton died a while back IIRC): https://youtu.be/WjkRHgY0yZg
He's great! I love the turbo cross.
Not the Olympics, but for the difference between regular people and top tier athletes. If you're not familiar with "the Scallenge":
He plays (and destroys) non-pro players. It's not like regular dudes off the street. He's playing people who were trying out for the NBA, and they were the top of their own local league.
NBA’s ‘Worst Ever Player’ Took On Three Amateurs in Never-Before-Seen Challenge
https://www.sportbible.com/nba/worst-ever-player-amateurs-never-seen-challenge-basketball-785818-20251128
Yep, can confirm. I suck at sports and know it, rather than being a couch warming critic. My sister runs circles around me in any sport and she's recreational level. A pro player would destroy me in minutes
There are players who play in the ECHL (The lowest level of pro hockey in North America) who will play rec leagues in the offseason, and they might as well be Crosby or McDavid when they're playing with randoms.
There's videos of John Scott, an enforcer who basically just fought people and scored 5 goals in his 10 year NHL career. I know people who played beer league with him and he was doing laps around everyone. Just stick handling through three defenders and showing off.
a regular person but also like a really enthusiastic hobbyist
They had Collin Jost do the bobsled with a skilled athlete doing the driving. That was pretty damn entertaining.
https://youtu.be/cQPUfKmhj-E
Wasn’t there a comedian who said that bobsled was the only sport where the person could be an unwilling participant?
For the 2018 olympics they did a series where they had athletes swap sports. Some of them had a closer connection (like figure skating and ice hockey) and others just seemed more random.
Then another channel later did some more in-depth vids on the same concept, with even some of the same overlap, like hockey and figure skating
Yeah, let an untrained person do that long jump thing where they spit in the face of gravity.
I feel like they did that as a TV show with celebrities, similar idea to that Celebrity Splash high dive show
But I want to see Geoff from accounting, who has never done a vaguely extreme thing in his life, get strapped to a pair of skis and pushed down the ramp.
This feels suspiciously specific. Is Geoff a willing participant in your scenario? How much do you care about how Geoff fares in the landing? Has Geoff been denying your expense reports?
In my ideal world Geoff was chosen by lottery, he does not want to do it, but he surprises everyone by not absolutely eating shit and finishes cleanly.
It was called The Jump but it got cancelled after to 4 seasons due to sky high insurance costs due to several injuries and overall poor ratings.
Here is Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce (multiple Olympic medals as well as world championships in sprinting) running in a school parent's race vs. other moms.
From the ground camera view she's like Sonic the Hedgehog, jeez
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Just go for a run and see how you compare.
This woman is doing it:
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/sWLFje3YNlw
Does she always do it with the audio obnoxiously sped up like that, though?
I love the concept, but that made it difficult to finish the video.
i wouldn't have touched the curling stone
It may work ok for curling, figure skating, or cross country, but you get into anything involving a slope and it starts to get really dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. Think moguls, big air, or ski jumping.
The drone footage really does a good job getting that across during these Olympics.
This would be much safer for the summer Olympics.
I'd say Elizabeth Swaney is as close as you'll come for winter Olympics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Swaney
The drone footage has really helped with that, and I saw at least one run from a GoPro perspective that also helped with perspective.
the side cam on moguls is great at showing true speed and just how much work they're doing with their legs
It kinda makes sense until you start thinking about it case by case. Who wants to watch an untrained non-athlete do figure skating? A lousy javelin thrower could kill someone.
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That one's fair, though
Makari espe did a video recently where she tries to learn figure skating, can recommend.
Nah. They teach that shit to highschool kids. The worst that happens is the thrower rotates the javelin and whacks the bar into the back of their own head.
Source: used to throw javelin.
How to dad vs Kiwi Olympians and sports stars.
This sounds like an entire show worth of content
It is pretty funny!
That's incredible, exactly what OP wanted
And that person should be Jack Black.
I forget which comedian it was, might have been Jerry Seinfeld, but he was talking about the luge, how it's almost not a sport. "He's pointing his toes, what an athlete." Then he got into the involuntary luge. "No! Let me go! I don't wanna do the luge."
There was also Eddie The Eagle, the not quite a ski jumper who was the first to represent Britain in the sport in Calgary in '88.
I liked his bit about the "fastest man in the world", he'd move his head back a centimeter "second fastest", and then half a centimeter back again "complete nobody"
They kind of did that for the breakdancing event at the last Summer Olympics. It did not go well.
That one girl killed the whole thing.
Watching the finals (that she obviously wasn't part of), and the athleticism on display was incredible. I could've done without the whole "dissing" attitude, but the dancing was super impressive.
I mean, some would risk dying in the attempt. So, maybe not "regular" exactly.
Ski jump...