Viral Australian Breakdancer Breaks Silence: ‘So Much Hate’ Has Been ‘Devastating’
Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn said the blowback that she has received from her performance in Paris has been “devastating” and asked for privacy.
Breakdancing debuted as a sport in this year’s Olympics.
“Gunn notched three straight losses in the round-robin portion of the breaking competition in Paris, scoring zero points against her three competitors from the United States, France, and Lithuania. Her moves, however, turned her into a meme — and brought about a wave of backlash from those questioning how she got into the games at all,” Business Insider reported.
Gunn is a 36-year-old lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, who goes by the name B-Girl Raygun.
Among other elements her performance included the “kangaroo dance.”
Rachael Gunn.
