Raygun breaks silence on Olympics 2024 disaster as she reveals she’s ‘pretty devastated’ in emotional Instagram post

RAYGUN has broken her silence on her disastrous performance at the Paris Olympics.

The breakdancer failed to impress the judges at the inaugural event and has maintained a low profile following the closing ceremony.

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The 36-year-old, whose real name is Rachel Gunn , went viral as she performed moves such as kangaroo hopping, a snake slithering and a ‘sprinkler’.

Gunn has received abuse online after her performance and she has now addressed the reaction from people .

Taking to social media , she has insisted that she worked hard to get to the Olympics and tried her best.

In an emotional video, she said: “Hi everyone, Raygun here.

“I just wanna start by thanking all the people who have supported me.

“I really appreciate the positivity and I am glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives, that is what I had hoped.

“I didn’t realise that that would also open the door to so much hate, which has frankly been pretty devastating.

“While I went out there and had fun, I did take it very seriously.

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“I worked my butt off preparing for the Olympics, and I gave it my all. Truly.

“I’m honoured to have been a part of the Australian Olympic team and to be part of breaking’s Olympic debut.

AOC's statement on Raygun

Clarification regarding the governing body for Breaking in Australia.
Bgirl Raygun has been accused of setting up her own governing body for Breaking and then using her position to manipulate the selection process to her own advantage.

AUSBreaking was founded in 2019 as a registered ACNC non-profit organisation.

At its inception, it was known as the Australian Breaking Association (ABA). It was rebranded to AUSBreaking in May 2023. The Constitution for this organisation and the names of the original committee can be found here.
https://ausbreak.org/s/Australian-Breaking-Association-Constitution.pdf

The organisation was founded by Lowe Napalan and the committee consists of a Breaking representative from every state. Lowe Napalan has been its president from its founding until today. The current team can be seen here.
https://ausbreak.org/theteam

While AUSBreaking has had many interactions and points of contact with Raygun, at no point was she the founder, an executive, committee member or in any position of leadership. She was not involved in any decision-making over events, funding, strategy, judge selection or athlete selection.

“What the other athletes have achieved has just been phenomenal.”

Gunn has received support from the Australian Cricket team , who tweeted that she would be “welcome anytime”.

Aussie Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Australia ‘s Olympic chief Anna Meares have also backed her up.

They claimed that she represented the Australian spirit of “having a go”.

Raygun also spoke about the conspiracy theories about her performance as some people claimed she was part of a “social experiment”.

This includes a petition signed by 50,000 that demands “accountability” and “transparency” regarding how she was selected.

It claims that Gunn manipulated the selection process so she could be selected instead of other potential breakers.

However, there is no evidence to support the petition’s claims.

AOC boxx Matt Carroll has called the petitions “appalling” and has “no factual basis”.

Gunn added: “In regards to the allegations and misinformation floating around.

“I’d like to ask everyone to please refer to the recent statement made by the AOC as well as the posts on the Ausbreaking Instagram page as well as the WDSF breaking for gold page.”

Zero points claim

She also tried to debunk the claims that she scored zero points at the Olympics.

She said: “Bit of a fun fact for you: there are actually no points in breaking.

“If you want to see how the judges thought I compared to my opponents, you can actually see the comparison percentages across all five criteria on Olympics.com, all the results are there.”

However, the Olympic website still states that she has zero points , while American competitor Logistx has two.

She added: “I’m going to be in Europe for a few weeks, for some pre-planned downtime but I would really like to ask the press to pleae stop harassing my family, my friends, the Australian breaking community and the broader street dance community.

“Everyone has been through a lot as a result of this, so I’d like to ask for their privacy.

“I will be happy to answer more questions on my return to Australia.”