- Was lambasted for Olympic routine in breakdancing
- Stayed overseas after the Paris Olympics for a holiday
- Has been given questionable honour by WDSF
Rachael Gunn made global headlines for her appearance under the alias ‘Raygun’ in Paris, mocked ruthlessly on all media channels for her performance at Place de la Concorde.
Her routine include kangaroo hops, sliding on the ground like a snake and an odd choice of wardrobe with Raygun shunning urban streetwear for an Aussie tracksuit.
Raygun failed to score a single competition point across three battles against Nicka, Sya ‘Syssy’ Dembele and Logan ‘Logistx’ Edra.
However that hasn’t stopped the World DanceSport Federation from elevating Raygun to No.1 in the world in its latest rankings.
She was named the world’s best ‘b-girl’ in the September rankings, with Oympic medallists Ami ‘Ami’ Yuasa, Dominika ‘Nicka’ Banevic and Liu ‘671’ Qingyi shunned from the list.
And Olympic viewers were left flabbergasted by the decision, after Ray finished 16th at the Paris Games, only finishing ahead of a disqualified breaker.
‘That’s a proper carry on if there ever was one, number 1 in the world I don’t think so, more like in the bottom 1%,’ one posted.
‘What an insult to the other breakers who are clearly better than her,’ added another.
‘Unfortunately she thinks she’s a winner as do the Australian Olympic committee it’s the judges that don’t understand her style,’ posted another.
The World DanceSport Federation has listed Raygun at No.1 in their latest world rankings
The Aussie dancer received plenty of backlash for her performance at the Paris Olympics
Raygun has now returned to Australia and has been linked with a host of reality TV shows
Several Aussies slammed the WDSF as well, after the organisation that primarily oversees ballroom dancing was handed responsibility as the governing body of breaking ahead of the Paris Olympics.
‘Probably because the WDSF had noting to do with breaking until they figured ballroom dancing wasn’t going to get an audience at the Olympics so created their own breaking competition. Blame them for this whole debacle, not Raygun,’ fumed one Aussie.
‘All it proves is that the WDSF is a joke and not representative of real breakdancing,’ another posted.
‘That’s ridiculous. In any case, who are DanceSport to make that call? Breakdancing isn’t their kettle of fish,’ added yet another.
Raygun has been spotted with English business magnate Richard Branson since the Olympics
The breakdancer was also photographed sharing a meal with 80s pop icon Boy George
Since her star rose with the rival performance, Raygun has been linked to reality television shows including Channel 10’s I’m a Celebrity and has rubbed shoulders with billionaire Richard Branson and 80s pop icon Boy George.
But in her only Australian interview since the Olympics, she told her supporters it might be awhile before she performs competitively again.
‘I don’t think I’ll be competing for a while. Not really wanting to be in the spotlight, breaking, competing,’ she said on The Project.
‘It’s been nice. It’s been a bit of a process to try and start dancing again. Like, that’s actually been tough. You know, it was my medicine, and then it turned into my source of stress.
‘So, I’m really happy that it gets to go back to being my medicine. I can kind of finally feel free again. I’m looking forward to breaking, but, no, I don’t think I’ll compete for a while.’