{"id":123018,"date":"2024-11-07T08:12:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123018"},"modified":"2024-11-07T08:12:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:12:49","slug":"aussie-breakdancer-raygun-to-stop-competing-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123018","title":{"rendered":"Aussie breakdancer &#8216;Raygun&#8217; to stop competing after backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MELBOURNE, Australia &#8212; Breakdancer Rachael &#8220;Raygun&#8221; Gunn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old was mocked online and in the mainstream media for everything from her moves to her green official team uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Gunn told Sydney radio she was still breaking but not competing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to compete anymore, no,&#8221; Gunn told 2DayFM. &#8220;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&#8217;s like in my living room with my partner. It&#8217;s been really upsetting. I just didn&#8217;t have any control over how people saw me or who I was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Breaking was dropped from the Olympic program for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>An online petition that accused Gunn of manipulating the qualification procedure to earn her Paris spot attracted 50,000 signatures before it was removed at the request of the Australian Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The AOC also refuted a claim that Gunn&#8217;s husband, Samuel Free, who is also her coach, was involved in her selection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The conspiracy theories were totally wild,&#8221; Gunn said. &#8220;But I just try and stay on the positives and that&#8217;s what gets me through.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people that have like [said], &#8216;You have inspired me to go out there and do something that I&#8217;ve been too shy to do. 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