Raygun is adamant that she was Australia’s best female to represent her country at the Olympics but has apologised to the breakdancing community for her routines which went viral.
Rachael Gunn, who competes under the name ‘Raygun’, scored zero in all three of her heats as breakdancing made its Olympic debut in Paris this summer.
The 37-year-old created headlines around the world for her moves which included a kangaroo hop, a snake-like wriggle on the floor and the sprinkler.
Questions had been raised over Gunn’s credentials but she claims that Australia needed ‘more resources’ in order to win an Olympic medal.
On Wednesday, Gunn gave her first televised interview about her Olympic performance on Australia’s Network 10 show ‘The Project’.
Asked by The Project show host Waleed Aly whether she ‘genuinely’ feels she was the ‘best female breaker in Australia’, Gunn smiled and replied: ‘I think my record speaks to that.’
When asked about her qualification path to reach the Olympics, Gunn said: ‘I was the top ranked Australian B-girl in 2020, and 2022, and 2023, I’ve been invited to represent at how many World Championships Paris, Korea, you know.
‘So the record is there… but anything can happen in a battle. You know, it’s always about what happens on the day. That consistency shows, you know my level.’
However, Gunn did admit that she knew her style would not be favoured by the judges in Paris.
‘As soon as I qualified, I was like, ‘oh my gosh, what have I done?’. Because I knew that I was going to get beaten, and I knew that people were not going to understand my style and what I was going to do,’ she said.
Gunn also said she is ‘very sorry’ after breakdancing was mocked following her appearance in Paris.
‘It is really sad to hear those criticisms,’ she said.
‘And I am very sorry for the backlash that the community has experienced, but I can’t control how people react.
‘Unfortunately, we just need some more resources in Australia for us to have a chance to be world champions.
‘In the last year, I have trained my hardest. I have really put my body through it, put my mind through it. But if that’s not good enough for someone, what can I say?’
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