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  • Did you know that breakdancing was included as an official sport in the Olympics for the first time in Paris?

  • This year, for the first time, you could watch dancers from different countries show off their breakdancing skills at the Olympics.

  • It's a pretty smart move by the organizers to attract a younger audience who might think the Olympics are boring.

  • During the Paris Olympics, quite a few memes popped up, but one of the funniest and most popular is about an Australian breakdancer.

  • Ray Gunn the stage name of 36-year-old Australian breakdancer Rachel Gunn.

  • Gunn is also a professor at Macquarie University.

  • She's been into breakdancing since 2008, so she's been doing it professionally for almost 15 years.

  • But Ray Gunn didn't make it past the day's event, scoring zero points in...

  • I wouldn't say people were laughing at her failure, but they were surprised by how unprofessional her dance looked compared to others.

  • It was like a younger sibling showing off what they learned at summer camp.

  • And of course, people couldn't resist mentioning that Rachel Gunn has a Ph.D. in cultural studies, specializing in breakdancing culture.

  • But just because she knows so much about it doesn't mean she has to dance as well as the pros at world championships.

  • Either way, the situation is pretty funny and entertaining.

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Did you know that breakdancing was included as an official sport in the Olympics for the first time in Paris?

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