The Australian Raygun, who made her appearance at the 2024 Olympic Games, announced this Wednesday, November 6, 2024 that she would not participate in the next breaking competitions, exhausted in the face of the numerous mockery suffered following her performance at the Paris Olympics.
His discipline was new during the Paris 2024 Olympics, and it will have left its mark. Australian Raygun’s rhythm and movements have been widely parodied on social media. She announced that she would stop competing and put an end to her career as a breaker this Wednesday, November 6, after being upset by the wave of reactions to her performance, most of which were negative.
Rachael Gunn, aka “Raygun”, 37, a lecturer at the University of Sydney, was ridiculed by some and acclaimed by others for her unique performance in the capital, where she failed to win any of her three face-to-face with other “B-Girls”. His performances as well as his imitation of a kangaroo, and his tracksuit in the colors of Australia have been parodied around the world, notably by the flagship American television host Jimmy Fallon.
Too many negative reactions
Faced with reactions “really upsetting”, she explains “no longer participate in competitions”she announced to Australian radio station 2DayFM, according toAFP. “I was really preparing to continue competing but now it seems to be a really difficult thing for me”confided the athlete on Wednesday.
With this level of attention, people filming his performance and posting it online “it just wouldn’t be the same experience”. The breaker had previously said she did not imagine that her performance would open the door “so much hatred, which was honestly quite devastating”. “I worked really hard to prepare for the Olympics and I gave it everything I had, really”she declared. The Australian had received support from Australian athletes and the Prime Minister of her country.
Named best breaker in the world
In September, despite her poor Olympic performance, the World Dance Sports Federation (WDSF) nevertheless named her the best breaker in the world as reported in the Parisianthanks to other performances such as the Oceania championship from which she emerged victorious. Present for the first time at the Paris Olympic Games, breaking will not feature at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, in the United States.
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