Breaking debuted at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday, and one B-girl has gone absolutely viral on social media for her carry outance — but not in the way she anticipateed would’ve hoped for.
Australia’s Rachel Gunn, who is competing under the name “RayGun,” became an instant “meme” on X after her head-scratching carry outance in the round-robin stage of the women’s shattering competition.
Rayfirearm contends at La Concorde on August 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
Gunn, 36, fall shorted to suit the sfinish level of her opponents and in doing so was swept in all of her battles without ever geting a one point.
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“I was never going to beat these girls on what they do best — their power transfers,” Gunn said after. “What I convey is creativity.”
But it was her “creativity” that left watchers asking how she qualified.
Rayfirearm of Team Australia contends in the women’s round robin – group B on day fourteen of the Paris Olympic Games. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
“I benevolenta sense horrible for RayGun, the Aussie [breaker] — but that routine was hilariously ridiculous,” one person wrote on X. “Someskinnyg appreciate this always happens at the Olympics.”
According to her Olympics bio, Gunn is a university lecturer at Macquarie University with a Ph.D. in cultural studies. “Dance” is cataloged as one of her research interests.
Gunn qualified for the Paris Olympics after thrivening the QMS Oceania Championships in Sydney, Australia, and was named the top-ranked b-girl by the Australian Breaking Association in 2020 and 2021.
Gunn also euniteed to catch some heat online about her styling choice.
B-Girl Rayfirearm of Team Australia reacts during the B-Girls Round Robin – Group B on August 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (Elsa/Getty Images)
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According to the New York Post, the International Olympic Committee apvalidateed competitors to wear their custom unicreate, which had to be surrfinisherted before competition. Gunn was the only athlete who wore a tracksuit recurrenting her country.
“Looking forward to the same level of scruminuscule on what the boys wear tomorrow,” she fired back on her Instagram Friday.
The men’s competition began on Saturday.
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