{"id":123189,"date":"2024-11-07T19:23:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123189"},"modified":"2024-11-07T19:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:23:53","slug":"breakdancer-raygun-is-retiring-from-the-sport-after-her-olympics-backlash-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123189","title":{"rendered":"Breakdancer Raygun is retiring from the sport after her Olympics backlash : NPR"},"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 id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-20856\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 3845;&#10;        --source-height: 2563;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3845x2563+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F6f%2F8fef1b3e4928bbaabe5ef30620ee%2Fap24222550866110.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3845x2563+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F6f%2F8fef1b3e4928bbaabe5ef30620ee%2Fap24222550866110.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3845x2563+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F6f%2F8fef1b3e4928bbaabe5ef30620ee%2Fap24222550866110.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3845x2563+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F6f%2F8fef1b3e4928bbaabe5ef30620ee%2Fap24222550866110.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3845x2563+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F6f%2F8fef1b3e4928bbaabe5ef30620ee%2Fap24222550866110.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Australia's Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 9, in Paris. Her performance drew laughs and criticism and now Gunn is responding.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3845x2563+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F6f%2F8fef1b3e4928bbaabe5ef30620ee%2Fap24222550866110.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Australia&#8217;s Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 9, in Paris. Her performance drew laughs and criticism and now Gunn is responding.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Frank Franklin\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Frank Franklin\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Raygun, the Australian breakdancer who received ongoing backlash for her performance in the Paris Olympics, said she is retiring from competing.<\/p>\n<p>Raygun, whose real name is Rachael Gunn, said on Australian radio earlier this week that she does not want to endure the criticism that would come with future performances possibly being recorded and posted online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just not gonna mean the same thing,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to be the same experience because of everything that\u2019s at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5182777-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/12\/20\/948315555\/olympic-breakdancing\">debuted as an Olympic sport<\/a> over the summer. During the competition in Paris, Gunn failed to score any points, losing 18-0 in each of her three round-robin battles.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions to Gunn\u2019s performance ranged from declarations of her moves being eccentric, to questions about her place in the sport as a white woman in academia, given the dance style\u2019s roots in the early New York hip-hop scene. Her routine was made into memes and spoofed on late night television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s surreal and it\u2019s still impossible to process,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Australia\u2019s 2DayFM <em>The Jimmy and Nath Show<\/em>, Gunn quashed the prospect of a future Olympic performance. &#8220;Say in four years&#8217; time, would you do the Olympics again,&#8221; asked show co-host Nathan Roye. Gunn quickly said no.<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cIt was really upsetting because I felt like I just didn\u2019t have any control over how people saw me \u2014 or who I was, who my partner was, my story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though breaking won&#8217;t be a part of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, Gunn said prior to the backlash, she did plan on continuing to compete after the Paris Olympics were over. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat seems a really difficult thing for me to do now, to approach a battle,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean, I still dance and I still break, but that\u2019s, like, in my living room with my partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5182777-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5177334\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/03\/nx-s1-5177334\/nyc-marathon-2024-results\" 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the finish line to win the men's division during the New York Marathon in New York City on Sunday.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5182777-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Gunn said she has relied on memes and positive messages from fans to balance out the negativity.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not medaling in Paris, Gunn has represented Australia in the World Championships three times and won the Oceania Breaking Championships last year.<\/p>\n<p>She said she is working on other projects that \u201cencourage people to dance and have fun and be creative and be themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<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     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