How Breakdancing Broke the Olympics

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Come see me live: Sept 13-15 Ontario, Calif. https://bit.ly/4bFwkRo Sept 19-21 Phoenix, AZ https://bit.ly/4agm7JP Check out https://joshjohnsoncomedy.com/tour for more dates, and sign up for the waitlist to be notified when I'm performing in your city. Hi Friends. This week I wanted to share my thoughts on the Olympics overall. Now that they are over and we can look back there are so many memorable snapshots, performances, and moments we can hold forever. The U.S. and China were neck and neck for Gold medals leading to a controversy over how we count medals and the practices America has engaged in to always seem like we are on top without mentioning certain data and metrics. We were in shock and awe of moments that were undoubtedly deeply unfortunate for athletes like runners that fell or dropped batons during track events and pole vaulters who were disqualified or missed the mark in field. Russia was notably not a presence in the games with many chiming in as to the reasons and if they were fair to the athletes that would have competed this year. Hosted in Paris this year’s Olympics saw fierce competition between Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and the United States. St Lucia and some other smaller countries received their first medals. One person that captivated everyone throughout the course of their event was an Australian breakdancer. Rachel Gunn known by some as Raygun put out a performance that was wildly criticized and also called into question how she ever qualified in the first place with a lot of the breakdance community in Australia saying they never even knew a qualifying event was taking place. If you love my stories I have a podcast that comes out every week: https://bit.ly/3NQmpio Hit me on them internets: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joshjohnsoncomedy TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@joshjohnsoncomedy Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JoshJComedy Video Directed by Jacob Menache Recorded at Arlington Improv in Arlington, TX