Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn breaks silence over Olympic breakdancing backlash

Skating athlete Rachel “Raegan” Gunn has broken her silence, posting a video to Instagram about the controversy that erupted after her Olympic performance. The 36-year-old Australian singer has faced widespread criticism on social media as well as from celebrities such as Adele and Jimmy Fallon in the aftermath of his performance in Paris. Gunn’s Olympic […]
‘Raygun’ gets hero’s welcome after Olympics breakdancing fiasco

You don’t need a medal or even Olympic points to be celebrated in your own country. Rachel “Raegan” Gunn was greeted with cheers in her home country when she returned to Australia from the Olympic breaking (or breakdancing) competition in Paris. The 36-year-old was surrounded by supporters as she twirled and did handstands in the […]
US Olympian who quit six-figure marketing job to pursue breakdancing knocked out in round-robin; what’s next?

American breaker Sunny Choi quit her job as a marketing executive to become a key player on the first U.S. Olympic breaking team, but she left Paris empty-handed after her chances of a quarterfinal spot were wiped out before her third match. Choi ended her Olympic campaign with a win, beating Portugal’s Vanessa 2-0 in […]