Widespread for her unconventional routine on the Paris Olympics 2024, Australian breaker Rachael Gunn has introduced her retirement. Gunn, also referred to as Raygun, was trolled and criticised for her routine in Paris, which additionally led to conspiracy theories about her qualification for the occasion.
Raygun of Australia in motion throughout the Paris Olympics.(REUTERS)
She did not get into the scoreboard in all three of her rounds, and her routine additionally included strikes like a kangaroo hop.
Breaking was included on the Olympics for the primary time this yr, however hasn’t been included on this system for Los Angeles 2028 or Brisbane 2032. Many followers additionally took to social media accountable Gunn as the explanation for its exclusion from future Olympics. Chatting with a radio station 2DayFM, she stated, “I just didn’t have any control over how people saw me or who I was.”
“I was going to keep competing, for sure, but that seems really difficult for me to do now. I think the level of scrutiny that’s going to be there, and people will be filming it, and it will go online.”
After her efficiency, she was chased by cameras by way of the streets of Paris, and in an interview with a tv channel in Australia, she spoke about the way in which she reacted to it. “That was really wild. If people are chasing me, what do I do? That really did put me in a state of panic. I was nervous to be out in public. It was pretty nerve-wracking for a while,” she stated.
Throughout a TV program earlier, she defended her Olympic qualification. She stated, “I won the Oceania championships. It was a direct qualifier. There were nine judges, all from overseas. I knew my chances were slim as soon as I qualified.”
“People didn’t understand breaking and were just angry about my performance. The conspiracy theories were just awful and that was really upsetting. People are now attacking our reputation and our integrity — none of them were grounded in facts,” she added.
Gunn is a lecturer on the Macquarie College School of Arts within the Division of Media, Communications, Artistic Arts, Language and Literature. Her analysis revolves round breakdancing, hip-hop, road dance, youth tradition and gender in politics.