I actually have very mixed feelings on this… Because you are right: there are aspects to it that look silly and cringe. She also didn’t execute big ‘power moves’ that truly define high level b-boying, but check this out…

Explaining her performance, Gunn said: "I was never going to beat these girls on what they do best, the dynamic and the power moves, so I wanted to move differently, be artistic and creative because how many chances do you get in a lifetime to do that on an international stage?

“I was always the underdog and wanted to make my mark in a different way.”

BBC

So, it’s kind of an amazing situation.

It’s also interesting to see that she has been involved in this scene for a while and has received support from the scene.

More on this stuff:

The Olympic breakdancing community has rallied behind breaker Rachael Gunn, better known by her stage name Raygun, after her performance at the Paris Olympics drew both ridicule and praise. …

“She was trying to be original, bring something new to the table,” he said, adding that he felt sorry for Gunn after seeing the backlash to her performance.

“From our perspective, there was nothing really shocking.”

Gilian said that, while Gunn’s “level was maybe not as high” as other competitors, the breaking community stood by her.

“That doesn’t mean that she did really bad; she did her best,” he said.

“She won the Oceania qualifier … Unfortunately for her, the other b-girls were better.”

SBS

But yeah like, this is wild…

At the same press conference, Sergey Nifontov, general secretary of the World Dancesport Federation, said the federation had offered support to Raygun in the wake of the strong social media response.

“We offered support of our safeguarding officer,” he said.

“We are aware about what has happened, especially on social media, and definitely we should put the safety of the athlete, in this case, mental safety in first place.

“She has us as a federation supporting her.”

If I ever did something so bad that people I didn’t know were talking about putting my ‘mental safety’ first, I would know I had done something truly dazzling…

As someone who has posted & done cringe before…

I will not cast the first stone.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also offered up his support on Sunday.

“Good on her and a big shout-out to her. That is in the Australian tradition of people having a go. She’s had a go representing our country and that’s a good thing,” Mr Albanese said.

“The Olympics is about people participating in sport. That’s a good thing and Raygun had a crack.

Fox Sports

LOL this language is also wild in its own way because it really is what is only ever said when you have mucked it up.

… And that’s not bad to say about the guy who joined as a backup on the Company or Church basketball team that would go on to make some humiliating mistakes on the court…

But we are talking about an Olympic performance.

I would also go so far as to say that the best thing you can really say is just that “Nah, nah, it was actually very satisfactory and good from an artistic perspective though it lacked power moves,” and just Chad face it.