{"id":421211,"date":"2024-09-10T05:45:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T05:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=421211"},"modified":"2024-09-10T07:09:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T07:09:18","slug":"rayguns-wild-new-world-ranking-after-viral-olympics-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=421211","title":{"rendered":"Raygun&#039;s wild new world ranking after viral Olympics routine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She may have copped a hammering from critics for her routine at the Paris Olympics but Raygun is now officially the world&#x27;s best breaker. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Aussie Rachael &#x27;Raygun&#x27; Gunn sits atop the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worlddancesport.org\/Ranking\/World#CombinedType=8_221_104_2&amp;Name=&amp;CountryId=&amp;Date=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"world rankings released by the World DanceSport Federation\">world rankings released by the World DanceSport Federation<\/a> despite failing to win her way through the first round at the Paris Games.<\/p>\n<p>So how did she get number one?<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/us-open-2024-nick-kyrgios-under-fire-second-serve-tweet-jannik-sinner-anna-kalinskaya-reaction-20240909-p5k91a.html\"><strong>Calls for Kyrgios to be axed over deleted tweet<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2024-sydney-roosters-injuries-finals-chances-preview-billy-slater-exclusive-20240909-p5k99h.html\"><strong>Slater&#x27;s plea to injury-plagued Roosters on eve of finals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2024-canterbury-bulldogs-manly-sea-eagles-clash-moved-player-recovery-times-20240910-p5k99m.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Players dealt blow after NRL scheduling call<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Post, the results of the performances in Paris were not taken into account for the world rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Raygun&#x27;s performance at the WDSF Oceania Championship scored her 1000 points in the world rankings, while also punching her ticket to Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Five other competitions prior to the Olympics also contributed to her rapid climb in the rankings.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6360161471112\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2024\/08\/619482\/raygunthumb.png\" alt=\"B-girl Raygun represents Australia in Olympic breaking\" data-vms-id=\"ref:clzn0ak0g002j0hs1lexsjbat\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Raygun was not even the only Australian to find herself inside the top 10 b-girls in the world, according to the rankings, with Molly &#x27;Holy Molly&#x27; Chapman\ufeff, Hannah Belet, and Geraldina &#x27;G-Celf&#x27; Hnitko all featuring in the rarefied positions.<\/p>\n<p>In a comical twist, none of the three medallists in Paris were listed among the top 10. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on \ufeffChannel 10&#x27;s <em>The Project<\/em>, Raygun said <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/videos\/olympics\/raygun-says-olympics-backlash-like-a-really-weird-dream\/cm0nq18c5001h0hqqnjg0agei\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"her breakdancing record backs her as Australia&#x27;s best break dancer\">her breakdancing record backs her as Australia&#x27;s best break dancer<\/a>, although she made no claim to be the best in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"db6054c8-c5d9-4c64-9c2a-748c0faa86da\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/db6054c8-c5d9-4c64-9c2a-748c0faa86da-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"5298\" data-height=\"3449\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I was the top-ranked Australian B-girl in 2020 and 2022 and 2023,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I have been invited to represent at how many World Championships\u2026 So, the record is there, but anything can happen in a battle.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;People didn&#x27;t understand breaking and were just angry about my performance.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>She may have copped a hammering from critics for her routine at the Paris Olympics but Raygun is now officially the world&#x27;s best breaker. \ufeff <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=421211\" title=\"Raygun&#039;s wild new world ranking after viral Olympics routine\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":421213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=421211"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421216,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421211\/revisions\/421216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/421213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=421211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=421211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=421211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}