- home
- article
- Australian Breakdancer Raygun Apologises to Community Over Paris Olympic Performance Backlash
Australian Breakdancer Raygun Apologises to Community Over Paris Olympic Performance Backlash
ai generated text
Rachael Gunn, a 36-37 year old university lecturer, was eliminated from the B-Girls competition with a score of zero after losing all three of her Olympic battles. She later went viral for her dance performance at the Paris Games, where she apologized to the breaking community, stating that her breaking style is a "different approach" to the sport.
That really did put me in a state of panic... Dancing was my medicine, and then it turned into my source of stress.
The odds were against me, that's for sure.
I was the top-ranked Australian B-girl in 2020 and 2022 and 2023. I have been invited to represent at how many World Championships... So, the record is there. But anything can happen in a battle.
It's going out there and just having fun and going as hard as you can in the face of, you know, losing.
It kind of feels like a really weird dream that I've been having that I'm going to wake up from at any moment.
I would much rather focus on the positives out of this, and the positive responses and the joy that I brought people.
It made a mockery of the Australian scene and I think that's why a lot of us are hurting.
I knew that I was going to get beaten, and I knew that people were not going to understand my style and what I was going to do.
It is really sad to hear those criticisms and I am very sorry for the backlash that the community has experienced, but I can't control how people react.
Paris 2024 Olympic Games
- Eiffel Tower to Remain Adorned with Olympic Rings After Paris Games
- Australian Breakdancer Raygun Addresses Backlash Over Kangaroo Routine at Paris Games
- JK Rowling and Elon Musk named in French probe on boxer Imane Khelif's cyberbullying complaint
sources
- 1.CNN
- 2.CTV News
- 3.BBC
- 4.Network 10
