When the world needed her most, she vanished: Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, the Australian breakdancer whose performance at the summer Olympics made her the butt of endless jokes, has announced that she’ll no longer be competing in the sport.Raygun went on Australian radio Wednesday to talk about the overwhelming reaction to her breaking routine in Paris.
Some were suspicious about a professor with a PhD in cultural studies competing, especially since her husband was also her coach.Plenty others, including Adele, found her bizarre moves endearing.
“I was going to keep competing, for sure, but that seems really difficult for me to do now to approach a battle,” Raygun said.“I still dance, and I still break.
But, you know, that’s like, in my living room with my partner!” Of becoming a meme, she added: Unfortunately for the meme fodder, breaking won’t be a sport in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.At least Raygun got the sponsorship money while she could.
May her flopping live in our memories forever....