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The breakdancer Raygun, who made headlines at the 2024 Paris Olympics, says she will no longer compete in breakdancing following backlash after her Olympic debut performances. Raygun, whose real ...
Breaking was introduced at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris as an optional (temporary) sport. Despite the United States being the birthplace of breakdancing, the sport is not set to be included at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; on its omittance in the latter, the IOC's sports director Kit McConnell stated that "It's up to each local organizing committee to determine which ...
A week earlier, though, Raygun said she's done with competition after the backlash she received at the Olympics. “I’m not going to compete anymore, no,” Raygun previously told Australian ...
Raygun said that she planned to keep competing in the breakdancing world following the Olympics earlier this summer, but reactions to her performance at the Games have made it hard to do so.
After qualifying for the Olympics in November 2023 and becoming one of the first 16 women to compete in breaking during its debut at the games, Raygun came in 16th place at the event in August 2024.
Rachael Gunn, better known as Australian B-girl Raygun, competes at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9. Gunn said this week she is done taking part in elite breakdancing competitions.
B-Girl Raygun of Team Australia competes during the B-Girls Round Robin - Group B on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France.
Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn is retiring from competitive breaking following the harsh reaction to her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics.. Gunn, also known as “B-girl Raygun”, shot ...