B-Lady Raygun. Rene Nijhuis/BSR Company/Getty Pictures
Olympic breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn is firing again at critics who mocked her viral efficiency on the 2024 Paris video games, claiming they’re “uneducated” and that their assaults have been “alarming.”
Raygun, 37, took social media by storm final month when her unorthodox method led her to lose all three of her round-robin Olympic battles by a mixed rating of 54-0. .Regardless of the loss, she maintains that she earned her spot on Group Australia because the nation’s finest breakdancer.
“I believe my file speaks to that,” Gunn mentioned in a September 4, interview with Australia’s Channel 10 TV. “I used to be the top-ranked Australian B woman in 2020 and 2022, and 2023. … So the file is there, however something can occur in a battle.”
Within the first interview she’s executed for the reason that Olympics, the athlete added that her critics merely didn’t perceive what she was making an attempt to do.
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“I’m very sorry for the backlash that the group has skilled, however I can’t management how individuals react,” she mentioned. “Sadly, we simply want some extra assets in Australia for us to have an opportunity to be world champions.”
Raygun, whose full time job is a college lecturer, has additionally confronted accusations of manipulating the qualification process to earn her place on the crew. An internet petition outlining the alleged manipulations garnered greater than 50,000 signatures.
“Rachel Gunn [sic], who arrange her personal governing physique for breakdancing, has manipulated the choice course of to her personal benefit. Regardless of the clear expertise and qualification of different excellent feminine breakdancers like G Clef and Holy Molly, they have been unfairly missed,” the petition reads. “The NT Youlong Boys, a gaggle of extremely proficient and underprivileged youth from the Northern Territory, have been denied essential funding by Dr. Gunn to attend the qualifiers — a call that instantly impacted their likelihood to showcase their expertise on a nationwide stage.”
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The Australian Olympic Committee subsequently eliminated the petition, calling it “vexatious, deceptive and bullying.”
Raygun herself defended her work ethic that helped her land a spot within the Paris video games.
“Within the final 12 months, I’ve skilled my hardest,” she mentioned. “I’ve actually put my physique by way of it, put my thoughts by way of it. But when that’s not adequate for somebody, what can I say?”
She added that whereas she gained’t probably compete once more, she assured followers that she will be able to deal with the criticism.
“I’ll survive, I’m all proper,” she mentioned. “I might reasonably a lot concentrate on the positives out of this, and the constructive responses and the enjoyment that I introduced individuals.”
