Breaker Rachel 'Raygun' Gunn has spoken out about her performance at the Paris Olympics, and why she still finds it difficult to process.
Australian Olympic breaker Rachel "Raygun" Gunn says navigating her new-found fame after competing at the Paris Games has been "a pretty wild ride".
Raygun received a lot of criticism on social media for her performance after a video of one of her routines went viral and she failed to score a single point during her Olympic heats. Raygun also said she wasn't initially aware of how viral her performance had gotten, and that her media liaison from the Australian Olympics Committee was the one to tell her.
She said the sport in Australia needs more resources so Australian breakers can have a chance of winning a world championship. "That was upsetting, because it wasn't just people that didn't understand breaking and were just angry about my performance, it was people that were attacking our reputation and our integrity.
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