Australian dancer Rachael Gunn went viral for her performance at Paris 2024.
Even if you’re not into sports, you’ve probably come across clips from Raygun’s big moment at Paris 2024, where she competed in the women’s breaking event to represent Australia.
Her unique, daring moves put her right in the spotlight, and soon social media was flooded with clips and pictures from her performance, sparking a mix of reactions—some nicer than others.
In that interview, she shared that she’s made the choice to step away from breakdancing competitions.
Raygun explained her decision, saying: “I’d still break, but I’m not going to compete anymore. I was going to keep competing, for sure, but that seems really difficult thing for me to do now, to approach a battle … I mean, I still dance and I still break but, that’s like in my livingroom with my partner.”
Then, on November 7, Raygun appeared on Australia’s The Project, where she clarified that she’s not retiring from dance entirely—just moving away from the spotlight of high-stakes competitions.
She explained further: “I was talking about competing, and yeah, I don’t really see myself competing anymore. And then, like, ‘Global news: Raygun is retiring,’ and it just kind of has gotten a little bit out of hand.”
“But in terms of those elite competitions, and the Olympics, which by the way, breaking is not even in the Olympics in the next one, so it kind of turned into a really big thing today.”
In 2022, it was confirmed that 28 sports would be included in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but unfortunately, breakdancing wasn’t one of them.