Breaking competitor Raygun bows out of Paris Olympics without a ...

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With the breaking spun, won and done in an Olympics cameo in Paris, Australia's B-Girl, Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun, bowed out without firing a shot.

The buzz was big around Place de la Concorde with superstar American rapper and Olympics aficionado Snoop Dogg taking to the stage to show off a few of his own moves before opening the event.

There was no doubt about the dynamic skills of the athletes, who are judged on creativity, personality, technique, variety, musicality and vocabulary, which is the variation and quantity of moves.

With two live DJs, competitors engaged in three judged battles, which involved two 60-second routines each, before the elimination round and then medals.

But with competition stretching five-and-a-half hours even Snoop, the unofficial Games mascot, had seen enough and made his departure midway through the competition.

Manizha Talash, a breaker from the Olympic refugee team, who was born in Afghanistan before fleeing the Taliban, made an early political statement by unveiling a cape during her round with the words "Free Afghan Women" and was applauded by her Dutch competitor India Sardjoe.

Gunn's first battle was against American Logistx but the Australian was no match for her international rivals, unable to win a point in any three contests including against 16-year-old B-girl Syssy from France.

A university lecturer with a PhD in cultural studies, the 36-year-old said she knew she couldn't compete athletically with their tricks, spins and strength moves, so she tried to be more creative. 

"What I wanted to do was come out here and do something new and different and creative — that's my strength, my creativity," 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."

ABC Sport is unable to show you the performance nor link to posts about it due to broadcasting rights, but social media lit up with critiques of Raygun's efforts.

Gunn was asked whether breaking deserved to be an Olympic sport and responded that it filled the criteria.

"What is an Olympic sport? It's so broad here ... what are the similarities between dressage and artistic swimming and the 100m sprint and the pentathlon," she said.

"Breaking is clearly athletic and it clearly requires a whole level of dedication across a number of different aspects so I feel like it meets that criteria. 

"And it's really bringing a new level of excitement."

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While the athletes will compete for medals in Paris, the winners could become obscure trivia questions with Los Angeles not including it in the program in 2028 and Brisbane highly unlikely.

The Oceania champion said it was disappointing the American Olympic organisers had snubbed it, given the roots of breaking were in that country.

"It was disappointing that it was decided before we'd even had a chance to show it, so I think that was possibly a little premature," she said.

"I wonder if they're kicking themselves now, particularly because they've got some great American breakers who could totally be on the podium.

"But it's not the end for breaking, the breaking culture is so strong."

Australia's 16-year-old B-boy Jeff Dunne, known as "J Attack", will line up in the male competition on Saturday.

AAP