Friday marked the Olympic debut of “breaking” with the women’s b-girl competition. The field was stacked with teenage phenoms, world champions, breakdancing pioneers getting to show their craft on the world stage — and also Raygun, a 36-year-old Australian professor who was just there to get funky.
In a sport dominated by baggy pants, Kangols and dripping with style, Raygun went an entirely different direction, wearing the patently uncool Australian Olympic sweatsuit, complete with a matching ball cap.
There were jokes, obviously there were jokes. Raygun was a such a fish out of water in the competition there were times when she didn’t even look like she belonged.
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