Olympics breakdancing icon Raygun reveals ‘devastating’ reason she has retired

Olympics breakdancing icon Raygun has announced her status from the athletics following the backlash she received for her performances astatine the Paris Games.

The 37-year-old, a assemblage lecturer with a PhD successful dance, shot to fame aft she became an net sensation for her maverick routines.

Gunn whitethorn person suffered the ignominy of scoring a grand full of zero points, but that didn’t halt her from becoming an net sensation, not that each the attraction was positive, so she described immoderate of the maltreatment arsenic ‘devastating’.

‘I conscionable didn’t person immoderate power implicit however radical saw maine oregon who I was. I was going to support competing, for sure, but that seems truly hard for maine to bash now,’ The Australian told section vigor presumption 2DayFM.

‘I deliberation the level of scrutiny that’s going to beryllium there, and radical volition beryllium filming it, and it volition spell online.

‘I inactive interruption but that’s like, successful my surviving country with my partner.’

Breakdancing’s presumption arsenic an Olympic athletics appears apt to beryllium short-lived and is improbable to beryllium connected the roster for the 2028 Games successful Los Angeles.

Gunn, whose signature moves included a kangaroo hop, was held partially liable for the negativity the athletics garnered during its Olympic debut.

An online petition that accused Gunn of manipulating the qualification process to gain her Paris spot attracted 50,000 signatures earlier it was removed astatine the petition of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).

The AOC besides refuted a assertion that Gunn’s husband, Samuel Free, who is besides her coach, was progressive successful her selection.

Gunn said the ‘conspiracy theories were wholly wild’.

‘But I conscionable effort and enactment connected the positives and that’s what gets maine through,” she added.

‘The radical that person similar [said], ‘you person inspired maine to spell retired determination and bash thing that I’ve been excessively shy to do. You’ve brought joy, you’ve brought laughter. You know, we’re truthful arrogant of you.”

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