Sometimes celebrities really are just like us. Take, for example, the unmitigated joy Adele took over the weekend in watching the debut of the latest Summer Olympic sport: wrestling. Anticipation for the first breakdancing competition was feverish leading up to Friday's debut in the women's qualifying rounds.
And the athletes didn't disappoint, with b-girls from around the world proving the American-born sport that the judges scored on the dancer's skills in elements such as toprocking, power moves, footwork and freezing was indeed worthy of inclusion. . While dancers like nimble Netherlands India, fleet 671 bronze medalist and Japan's stunning Olympic gold medalist Ami won the judges' love, there was one b-girl who stood out among all the athletes.
“I'm not saying anything, I think it's the best thing that's happened to the Olympics all the time,” Adele said during a break at one of her huge shows in Munich on Saturday about what she and friends were talking about her. non-stop since the night before. “Has anyone seen the breakdancing lady?” she asked her audience to the sound of loud laughter.
Adele explained that she was unaware that breaking had been added to the Paris games for the first time – a situation she deemed “f–king fantastic”. She then polled her band to see if any of them had watched, with the singer saying one of her musicians was “laughing” while thinking about 36-year-old Australian teacher Rachael Gunn, who won hearts and sold a million. memes with her unique styles under the nom-de-break Raygun.
“I can't tell if it was funny, but either way, it made me very, very happy and me and my friends laughed for 24 hours,” Adele said of the zero-rated dancer. points, but which attracted a lot of attention for her floppy, unorthodox moves. “I just wanted to know if you've seen it. If you haven't seen it, drop the show and google it because it's LOLZ!!! It's so funny. Anyway, it's my favorite thing that's happened to the Olympics this whole time,” Adele said.
It wasn't the first time Adele stopped one of the shows at her special German stadium to pay attention to the Paris games. Last week, she took a break to watch the highly-anticipated final of the women's 100m sprint, broadcasting the 11-second race on the big screen for her 75,000 fans in the middle of her 10-night stay at the purpose-built Adele Arena.
While some mocked Raygun's kangaroo moves and outfit worthy of a PE teacher, the proud dancer who took up the sport in her 20s and won the Oceania Breaking Championship crown last year told reporters after her washout that it was no joke.
“I was never going to beat these girls for what they do best, the dynamics and the power moves,” said Gunn, who has a Ph.D. in cultural studies and breaking studies and hip-hop culture, he told reporters afterwards according to NBC. “So I wanted to move differently, to be artistic and creative because how many chances do you have in a lifetime to do it on an international stage.”
Watch footage of Adele talking to Raygun and check out some of the funniest Raygun memes below.
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