Controversial 2024 sporting icon looks unrecognisable after major transformation

One of the breakout sporting stars of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has debuted a glamorous caller look aft undergoing a large transformation.

As with each variation of the Games, caller sporting stars are thrown into the limelight arsenic a effect of their unthinkable achievements.

In Paris, however, 1 Australian jock made headlines astir the satellite – but not for the reasons she whitethorn person hoped.

Making its Olympics bow, breakdancing had hoped to garner the attraction of a new, younger audience.

But the sport’s inclusion successful Paris will, unfortunately, beryllium champion remembered for the antics of Australian B-girl Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn who failed to people a azygous point in each 3 of her heats but saw her performances spell viral connected societal media.

Moves including a kangaroo hop, a snake-like wriggle connected the level and the sprinkler whitethorn person made millions laughter but besides saw the Aussie targeted by online trolls, while she besides wore maltreatment from The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon.

Many questioned however the 37-year-old had managed to suffice for the Games, portion a petition was adjacent created calling for the Australian cook de mission, Anna Meares, to beryllium held accountable for ‘unethical conduct’.

Raygun was defiant successful the look of specified criticism, saying she had rightfully earned her spot astatine the Olympics but admitted she had been near ‘pretty devastated’ by the maltreatment she has faced.

‘I didn’t realise that would besides unfastened the doorway to truthful overmuch hatred which has frankly been beauteous devastating,’ she said connected societal media astatine the time.

‘I went retired there, I had fun, I did instrumentality it precise seriously. I worked my butt disconnected preparing for the Olympics and I gave my all, truly.

‘I americium honoured to person been a portion of the Australian Olympic squad and to beryllium a portion of breaking’s Olympic debut. What the different athletes person achieved has conscionable been phenomenal.’

However, portion viewers whitethorn person been utilized to seeing Raygun successful a greenish and golden tracksuit and shot headdress portion performing successful Paris, she has present debuted a stunning caller look for the screen of this week’s Stellar Magazine.

The Australian, primitively a assemblage lecturer from Sydney, struck a beardown airs with her hands connected hips against a aureate backdrop.

Rather than her accustomed attire, Raygun was alternatively sporting an elegant agelong bluish formal with flared sleeves, a slick-back ponytail and a brace of achromatic heels.

The interrogation is teased with the caption ‘What Raygun did next’ alongside a punctuation from the nonfiction which reads: ‘You did not bring maine down. You did not succeed. I volition basal by what I did.’

Although the Olympian’s stunning emergence to fame had enactment breakdancing successful the spotlight, Raygun was saddened that her performances may person detracted from different talented athletes.

‘As soon arsenic I qualified, I was like, “Oh my gosh, what person I done?”, she told Australia’s Network 10 amusement ‘The Project’ backmost successful September.

‘Because I knew that I was going to get beaten, and I knew that radical were not going to recognize my benignant and what I was going to do.

‘It is truly bittersweet to perceive those criticisms and I americium precise atrocious for the backlash that the assemblage has experienced, but I can’t power however radical react.

‘Unfortunately, we conscionable request immoderate much resources successful Australia for america to person a accidental to beryllium satellite champions.

‘In the past year, I person trained my hardest. I person truly enactment my assemblage done it, enactment my caput done it. But if that’s not bully capable for someone, what tin I say?’

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