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Raygun quits aggressive breakdancing after efficiency mocked at Paris Olympics

By Editorial Board Published November 7, 2024 4 Min Read
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Raygun quits aggressive breakdancing after efficiency mocked at Paris Olympics

An Australian Olympian, whose breakdancing routine on the Paris Video games went viral, says she’s going to not compete.

Rachael Gunn recognized competitively as ‘Raygun’, says her skilled profession is over.

The 37-year-old Sydney college lecturer did not get on the scoreboard in all three of her competitors rounds in August.

Her routines on the Olympics included unorthodox strikes corresponding to a “kangaroo” dance.

She later apologised and stated she was “very sorry” for the backlash, however steered a lot of the criticism was because of ignorance of the game.

On the Australian radio station 2DayFM on Wednesday, she stated she now solely “breaks” at dwelling together with her associate.

“Dancing is so much fun and it makes you feel good and I don’t think people should feel crap about, you know, the way that they dance,” she informed The Jimmy and Nath Present.

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Raygun had initially deliberate to maintain competing however stated the expertise had been so “upsetting” that she modified her thoughts.

On the time, she was provided psychological well being assist due to among the harsh reactions to her efficiency.

She beforehand defended her routine – insisting she did take the competitors “very seriously” and hit out on the “devastating” abuse she has suffered.

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In August, Raygun responded to hate feedback

When requested by 2DayFM if she’d ever compete on the Olympics once more, she answered, “No. I still break.. but I don’t compete”.

“I think the level of scrutiny that’s going to be there… it’s just not going to mean the same thing. It’s not going to be the same experience because of everything that’s at stake.”

Rachael Gunn.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Breaking - B-Girls Pre-Qualifier Battle - La Concorde 1, Paris, France - August 09, 2024. Raygun of Australia in action. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth

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Raygun failed to attain a single level as her unconventional strikes did not impress. Pic: Reuters

As movies of her performances went viral, so did conspiracy theories about her entry into the competitors.

Probably the most well-known web rumours steered she was an “industry plant” who was entered to rig the Video games.

Raygun stated these theories have been “totally wild” and “impossible to process”.

Regardless of the extreme criticism, the highest decide for the Paris Olympics breaking competitors later defended her much-ridiculed routine.

And in September, the game’s governing physique defined that she had been ranked the primary feminine breakdancer on the earth.

Breaking was launched to the Olympics for the primary time in Paris, however it’s not scheduled for Los Angeles in 2028, or Brisbane in 2032.

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