Australian b-girl Rachael “Raygun” Gunn mentioned her broadly mocked breaking efficiency on the 2024 Paris Olympics in an interview with The Venture. Raygun insisted she rightfully earned her spot within the Olympics by successful the Oceania Championships.
“I feel my file speaks to that,” she mentioned. “I used to be the top-ranked Australian b-girl in 2020 and 2022 and 2023 … The file is there. However something can occur in a battle.”
Raygun’s efficiency confronted great backlash as many viewers questioned how she was allowed to compete on such a giant stage. Raygun defended her breaking credentials however admitted she was outmatched within the Olympics.
“I knew my probabilities have been slim,” she mentioned. “As quickly as I certified, I used to be like, ‘Oh my god, what have I accomplished?’ As a result of I knew that I used to be gonna get crushed and I knew individuals weren’t gonna perceive my type and what I used to be gonna do.”
Rumors unfold about Raygun and her husband conspiring to get her into the Olympics. Varied organizers refuted these claims, however the notion lingered.
“The conspiracy theories have been simply terrible,” she mentioned. “That was actually—that was upsetting as a result of it wasn’t simply those who didn’t perceive breaking and have been simply indignant about my efficiency. It was individuals now attacking our status and integrity. None of them have been grounded in any form of details. And clearly they’re nonetheless circulating. Folks nonetheless don’t imagine the reality, however we do reside in a special world now.”
Raygun was shocked by the quantity of hate she obtained for her efficiency. She believed a lot of the outrage stemmed from individuals not understanding “the range of approaches in breaking.”
“I’m nonetheless within the means of making an attempt to explain how I really feel about all these things,” she mentioned. “’Trigger it kinda looks like a very bizarre dream that I’ve been having that I’m gonna get up from at any second. Like, what’s life proper now?”
Japan’s Ami Yuasa received the ladies’s Olympic breaking competitors in Paris. The game received’t be a part of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.