Polarising Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn nonetheless dances in her front room however has revealed she’s give up competing.
The 37-year-old from Sydney, recognized globally as “Raygun”, admitted in a radio interview on Wednesday “the extent of scrutiny” surrounding her following her Paris 2024 marketing campaign had compelled her to retire.
“I nonetheless break, however I do not compete. I am not going to compete anymore. No, no,” Gunn mentioned on 2DayFM’s Jimmy and Nath Present.
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“I nonetheless dance and I nonetheless break, however that is like in my front room with my accomplice.
“I feel the extent of scrutiny that is going to be there … and the individuals will likely be filming it, it will go surfing, and it is simply not going to imply the identical factor, it is not going to be the identical expertise due to every little thing that is at stake.”
Rachael Gunn competing on the Paris Olympics. Elsa/Getty Photographs
The college lecturer mentioned she’d deliberate on persevering with to compete heading into the Paris Video games, however the backlash she copped after pulling off strikes such because the sprinkler and the hopping kangaroo whereas decked out in a Crew Australia tracksuit, as a substitute of conventional streetwear, had killed the drive.
“That appears a extremely tough factor for me to do now, to method a battle,” Gunn mentioned.
She yielded no wins and 0 factors from three battles as breaking made its Olympic debut.
It had already been confirmed previous to the Paris Video games that breaking wouldn’t characteristic on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, though the game might return for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.
Gunn retreated from the highlight for a couple of month after the Paris Video games, however has since appeared in a bunch of TV and radio interviews.
She additionally made a front-page look within the Stellar journal final month.
“Dancing is a lot enjoyable and it makes you’re feeling good and I do not suppose individuals ought to really feel crap about the best way that they dance,” Gunn mentioned on the Jimmy and Nath Present on Wednesday.
“For those who get on the market and you’ve got enjoyable on the dance ground, then simply personal it.”
