The sport’s governing organization has released a statement outlining its approach in response to inquiries over its rankings, aiming to “address concerns” and “provide clarity”.
It stated that Olympic events, including qualifiers, were not included in the evaluation process, which was based on each athlete’s top four results over the previous 12 months.
Though there have been doubts about Gunn’s credentials, she has persisted in maintaining her title as Australia’s best B-girl. Gunn goes by Raygun.
With an unconventional routine that featured maneuvers like this, the 37-year-old university lecturer in Paris lost all three of her competition rounds.
That is the record. But in combat, anything may happen,” she remarked last week in an interview in response to a question regarding her divisive performance.
The World DancingSport Federation (WDSF) has lost “credibility” as an advocate for the sport and is being closely examined by the public for its rankings.
The WDSF attempted to directly address complaints that had been circulating online regarding the openness of its rankings in its statement on Tuesday.
It clarified that “ranking events” had been purposefully postponed until the beginning of the Olympics in order to give competitors time to “focus solely” on the competition.
Because of the “unique circumstances” that resulted, several participants were ranked solely on the basis of one event.