Did Raygun and Her Husband CONSPIRE to Get Her to the Olympics_ Let's find out... _ E! News

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00:00By now, we've all seen Australian breakdancer Rachel Gunn's performance at the 2024 Paris

00:06Olympics.

00:07The dancer, who goes by her B-girl name Regan, went viral earlier this month after leaving

00:13Olympic spectators amused but also confused by her unconventional dance moves.

00:19With a 36-year-old ultimately losing all three of her round-robin battles by a combined score

00:25of 54-0, the world is now left wondering how Regan made Australia's Olympic team in the

00:31first place.

00:32The most popular theory taking over the internet so far is that the university lecturer's

00:37husband had something to do with it.

00:40So let's dive down the rabbit hole to see if Regan's husband is really to thank for

00:44her free trip to Paris.

00:46The wild theory first gained traction on Reddit after people pointed out that since there's

00:51no world-governing body for breaking, the International Olympic Committee relied on

00:56the World Dance Sport Federation affiliate DanceSport Australia to get a breaking team

01:00together for the Paris Games.

01:03DanceSport Australia then contacted Rachel, who wrote her PhD thesis on breaking, for

01:09help in finding dancers for the team.

01:12It was then believed that Regan got the organization OzBreaking involved.

01:16According to its website, OzBreaking's purpose is, quote, to help nourish and support the

01:21growth of the Australian breaking and hip-hop community.

01:25It was rumored that Rachel and her husband Samuel Free were in fact the founders of OzBreaking,

01:30so many were left suspicious when she was chosen to be the lone female break dancer

01:35for her country's Olympic team, and Samuel the coach.

01:38However, as plausible as this theory might sound, it was later proven false, with journalist

01:44Charles Arthur taking to X August 12th to set the record straight, writing,

01:49Shocking story.

01:51Also happens not to be true.

01:53Neither Gunn nor her husband Samuel Free is a founder of OzBreak, nor are they on its

01:58board.

02:00Not sure quite how people find these claims that don't stand up to a quick search.

02:05So while this conspiracy may have been debunked, the internet will continue to wonder just

02:09how Regan became an Olympic-worthy break dancer.