International controversy continues more than a week after Rachael “Raygun” Gunn’s Olympic breakdancing performance. Australia’s only female break-dancing champion present at the Olympics scored zero points and has since become a cultural punchline, while also at the epicentre of debates on racial appropriation and the legitimacy of breakdancing as an Olympic sport.
Most recently, the 36-year-old broke her silence, publishing a video on Instagram that directly responded to the international furore over her performance. ‘I was glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives – that’s what I hoped,’ she stated. ‘I didn’t realise that that would also open the door to so much hate, which has frankly been pretty devastating.’
