MELBOURNE, Australia — Breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn’s signature kangaroo bounce will not be seen on a competitive stage again after the Australian declared she could not bring herself to battle following the backlash over her Paris Olympic performance.
Gunn, a university lecturer, became an overnight sensation after losing all three of her round-robin battles by a combined score of 54-0 when breaking made its Olympic debut at the Place de la Concorde.
The 37-year-old was mocked online and in the mainstream media for everything from her moves to her green official team uniform.
Gunn told Sydney radio she was still breaking but not competing.
“I’m not going to compete anymore, no,” Gunn told 2DayFM. “I was going to keep competing, for sure, but that seems really difficult for me to do now to approach a battle. Yeah, I mean I still dance, and I still break. But, you know, that’s like…
