Does it live or die by her performance? No

Do I enjoy something I care about getting ridiculed on a world level because someone decided that they should have the limelight for having a PhD? I also do not.

All three of those sports by those times were established and recognized sports. How many people do you think watched Raygun performance thought wow that’s hilarious and didn’t even try to watch the men’s league or even the rest of the women’s league. If her performance led to people actually researching and getting into what breaking is I wouldn’t be typing. But no it’s established that breaking shouldn’t be in the Olympics and is just silly thing where slide on the floor.

The first two you mentioned: Eddie broke mold and brought some light heartedness to the competition that is normally cutthroat, he actually accented the skill level of the other skiers The bobsled team was an actual underdogs story, adverse or in this case inverse environments can still produce athletes. In the case of the marathoner (from Bhutan correct?) I would agree with you if she decided to walk the entire marathon with a bag of chips and a soda in her hand.

It’s the attitude Raygun brings the fact she and the Australian government thought people were making fun of her for her gender. Each of these athletes actually brought their best effort. Even some of other bgirls in the competition weren’t doing great by regular standard but we aren’t thrashing them because they actually tried. Eddie might’ve played into the part of doing more poorly than everyone else and making it lighthearted but Raygun genuinely believed she got low scores because of her gender.

I did actually completely forget about Eric but forgive me if I’m incorrect but Australia is not a developing country. Australia is not a country that the entirety of the country lacks resources for people to learn about breaking. (Granted after that performance I am rethinking that statement)

All of the other Olympians who you are thinking were underdogs with poorer athletic performance have a backstory of a poorer nation, virtually zero infrastructure for the sport itself, or are literally refugees. Granted I believe there were a few that were sent due to nepotism (thinking of a runner that was a prime ministers or somethings niece I think) but for the vast majority of these people this is the actual best these people could do.

My complaint is she is a supposed expert in breaking a Bgirl with a PhD on the culture. She wasn’t breaking barriers by acting goofy and stating she was just there to have fun and experience the Olympics. All of the other people there, all of the athletes who have also performed terribly, Eric the Eel all tried their absolute best. Raygun did not.