Rachael Gunn said the level of scrutiny around her performance made it difficult to keep competing.

MELBOURNE : Breaker Rachael "Raygun" Gunn's signature kangaroo bounce will not be seen on a competitive stage again after the Australian declared she could not bring herself to battle following the backlash over her Paris Olympic performance.University lecturer Gunn became an overnight sensation after los

MELBOURNE: Breaker Rachael "Raygun" Gunn's signature kangaroo bounce will not be seen on a competitive stage again after the Australian declared she could not bring herself to battle following the backlash over her

BREAKER Rachael “Raygun” Gunn’s signature kangaroo bounce will not be seen on a competitive stage again after the Australian declared she could not br...

Australian breakdancer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn has announced her retirement from competition, citing a "really upsetting" backlash following her performance at the Paris Olympics. Raygun, 37, became something of a global laughing stock after her unorthodox routine, including kangaroo hops and imitating a sprinkler, failed to impress the judges at the…

Rachael Gunn, also known as B-girl Raygun, has announced her retirement from competitive breaking following a viral backlash over her Paris Olympics performance. The scrutiny and criticism have led her to reconsider her future in the sport.

Australian breaker Rachael Gunn plans to retire after being ridiculed for her unconventional routine at the Paris Olympics.

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian breaker Rachael Gunn has told a Sydney radio station that she plans to retire from competition just three months after her unconventional routine at the Paris Olympics led to her being ridiculed and spawned conspiracy theories about how she qualified for the Games.The now 37-year-old Sydney university lecturer failed to get on the scoreboard in all three of her competition rounds in August, with a routine that included unorthodox moves such as a kangaroo hop.Gunn had initially planned to keep competing but said the experience had been so “upsetting” that she changed her mind.“I just didn’t have any control over how people saw me or who I was,” she told radio station 2DayFM. “I was going to keep competing, for sure, but that seems really difficult for me to do now. I think the level of scrutiny that’s going to be there, and people will be filming it, and it will go online.”Breaking was being contested at an Olympics for the first time . And it might be a one-and-done, not scheduled on…

Infamous Olympic breakdancer Raygun ends her competitive career.

Australian breaker Rachael Gunn has told a Sydney radio station that she plans to retire from competition just three months after her unconventional routine at the Paris Olympics led to her being ridiculed and spawned conspiracy theories about how she...