Australian Breakdancer Raygun Addresses “DEVASTATING Olympics Conspiracy 2024

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Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn, known by her B-Girl name Raygun, is speaking out addressing the "devastating" online hate she's received following her viral 2024 Paris Olympics performance.  #olympics​  #raygun​ #Australia

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00:00I didn't realize that that would also open the door to so much hate, which is frankly

00:07been pretty devastating.

00:09Reagan is speaking out against the breakdancing backlash.

00:13The Olympian, whose real name is Rachel Gunn, calls out critics in a new social media post

00:19after receiving online hate following her viral performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

00:27message to her Instagram, August 15th.

00:31Hi everyone, Reagan here.

00:34I just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me.

00:39I really appreciate the positivity and I'm glad I was able to bring some joy into your

00:47lives.

00:48That's what I hoped.

00:50I didn't realize that that would also open the door to so much hate, which is frankly

00:58been pretty devastating.

01:00Reagan then claps back at people who have made fun of her unconventional dance moves.

01:05Well, I went out there and I had fun.

01:08I did take it very seriously.

01:10I worked my butt off preparing for the Olympics and I gave my all, truly.

01:17The 36-year-old, who lost all three of her round-robin battles by a combined score of

01:2354-0 during the breaking qualifying event August 9th, goes on to claim that there's

01:28actually no awarding of points in the sport.

01:31Bit of a fun fact for you.

01:33There are actually no points in breaking.

01:38If you want to see how the judges thought I compared to my opponents, you can actually

01:43see the comparison percentages across the five criteria on olympics.com.

01:49All the results are there.

01:51Reagan then takes a moment to address conspiracy theories that she and her husband Samuel Free

01:56scammed their way to the Paris Games.

02:00In regards to the allegations and misinformation floating around, I'd like to ask everyone

02:06to please refer to the recent statement made by the AOC, as well as the posts on the AusBreaking

02:15Instagram page, as well as the WDSF Breaking for Gold page.

02:21The breakdancing advocacy organization AusBreaking releases a statement the same day supporting

02:26Reagan, as well as clarifying her role in Australia's Olympic breaking team selection

02:32process.

02:33Explaining in an IG post, B-Girl Reagan has been accused of setting up her own governing

02:39body for breaking and then using her position to manipulate the selection process to her

02:44own advantage.

02:45While AusBreaking has had many interactions and points of contact with Reagan, at no point

02:51was she the founder, an executive, committee member, or in any position of leadership.

02:57She was not involved in any decision making over events, funding, strategy, judge selection,

03:03or athlete selection.

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