Polarising Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn nonetheless dances in her front room however has revealed she’s stop 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 companion.
“I believe the extent of scrutiny that is going to be there … and the individuals will likely be filming it, it’s going to go surfing, and it is simply not going to imply the identical factor, it isn’t going to be the identical expertise due to all the pieces that is at stake.”
Rachael Gunn competing on the Paris Olympics. Elsa/Getty Pictures
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 Staff Australia tracksuit, as an alternative of conventional streetwear, had killed the drive.
“That appears a very troublesome factor for me to do now, to strategy a battle,” Gunn mentioned.
She yielded no wins and nil 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 function on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, though the game may return for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.
Gunn retreated from the highlight for a few month after the Paris Video games, however has since appeared in a number 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 assume individuals ought to really feel crap about the way in which that they dance,” Gunn mentioned on the Jimmy and Nath Present on Wednesday.
“In the event you get on the market and you’ve got enjoyable on the dance ground, then simply personal it.”
