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Remember Raygun, The Disgraced Australian Olympic Breakdancer?
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1 year ago
The Australian breakdancer who went viral for her bizarre performance at the 2024 Olympics is speaking out about the backlash and bullying.
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The Australian breakdancer who went viral for her bizarre performance at the 2024 Olympics
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is speaking out about the backlash and bullying.
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I'd really like to ask the press to please stop harassing my family.
00:13
36-year-old competitive breakdancer Ray Gunn,
00:16
real name Rachel Gunn, may not have earned a single point during the Olympics B-Girls
00:21
competition, but she certainly became an overnight celebrity, for better or worse.
00:30
Although the breaking category made its Olympic debut this year,
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no one was ready for Ray Gunn's strange dance moves like the sprinkler and her kangaroo hop.
00:38
Ray Gunn's moves were exceptionally bad compared to her international counterparts,
00:43
which sparked an even bigger debate.
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Is this lady for real?
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A top judge from the Olympic breaking competition praised Ray Gunn's originality,
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calling her performance innovative and inspiring.
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But numerous others felt Ray Gunn's performance was a poor gimmick at best,
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and a cultural insult at worst.
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Are we sick and tired of this yet?
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We still have no real answers on how someone who is
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so terrible at breakdancing came to compete in the Olympics in breakdancing.
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Viewers were enraged that a competitor who appeared to be utterly underqualified
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was able to snag such a prestigious opportunity, with many questioning how she earned a spot.
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One Australian hip-hop artist remarked,
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It made a mockery of the Australian scene, and I think that's why a lot of us are hurting.
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In the United States, where breakdancing was created by the hip-hop community in the early
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1980s, criticism of the Australian's performance was even worse, calling it
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borderline disrespectful toward the pioneers of hip-hop.
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Soon after her viral moment hit the internet, a Change.org petition began circulating that
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attacked Ray Gunn for being selected to compete and demanded she apologize.
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The petition racked up 50,000 signatures,
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but made untrue claims that Ray Gunn had manipulated the system to earn her spot.
01:51
The Australian Olympic Committee shuttered the conspiracy theories and shut down the petition
01:55
for numerous falsehoods and misleading bullying. Whether the world likes it or not,
02:00
the facts were checked and Ray Gunn's selection was fair and square.
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Ray Gunn broke her silence about the tremendous backlash soon after the petition was removed,
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thanking her supporters and defending her qualifications
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while referencing the misinformation about her.
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I really appreciate the positivity, and I'm glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives.
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That's what I hoped. I didn't realize that that would also open the door to so much hate,
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which has frankly been pretty devastating.
02:30
The world is still divided on whether Ray Gunn deserves being mocked for her display,
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or if the hate she's received is unfair. The answer lies with the international
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breakdancing community, who may have a chance to compete at the Olympics again in 2032.
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As for Ray Gunn, being mocked across the globe is probably punishment enough.
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I have to ask you this. How are you feeling since your performance?
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