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Zhu Yi was American, her parents are Chinese immigrants.
In the U.S., she was one of the top athlet...
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On raygun’s case you’re oversimplifying a tad. Australia did have good talent, it’s just the process for selecting the athlete that would go on to the Olympics that was very shady and she was part of it.
That just isn't true.
That is not true at all.
The selection process was the same for every other region, and she was not part of it and neither was her coach.
It’s just a very small scene, and for various personal reasons not all the best female breakers were able to or wanted to compete.
Nah f that lmao a koala or kangaroo could’ve done better than whatever the f she was doing
I bet you didn’t even watch the full competition.
There was a little more corruption than that for her to make it.
You forgot about the Phd lmao
Eric 'The Eel' Moussambani is remembered as fondly in Aus due to his efforts at the Sydney Olympics as Eddie "The Eagle" is Britain.
And IIRC he's still a national record holder, or possibly head coach.
Wait how was 2004 not a setup???
I mean to be fair just not killing yourself on a half pipe like that is quite impressive for normal people and she must be an excellent skier in general. Just doesn't belong in the Olympics obviously. This breakdancing person seems to be quite a bit less skilled to my untrained eyes.
I say this as someone who gets 30+ days a year on the mountain and have ski/boarded for nearly 22 years at this point.
Like she looks like someone who has skied. But idk about excellent, there are very few if any regular ski videos of her. I am sure she's fine on the mountain. But..... Most average people could just go up and down a pipe without actually catching air like she did. My daughter is about to be 9 and can basically do that run she did. In fact I rewatched it before typing this comment. You see 10-12 year olds throwing down on mountains.
I don't fault her for gaming the system. But also kinda embarrassing on the national stage.
Fair enough! I have done way less skiing myself and I guess I'm more saying that going down a pipe like that is way way scarier than it looks from below or from video. When just starting skiing I was a bit overconfident and thought I'd go down a very very mild pipe and absolutely shat myself. A miracle that I didn't hurt myself. I'm sure you might not have a problem with it, but with your experience I'd call you an excellent skiier/boarder.