Viral Olympic breakdancer Raygun comes out fighting in new interview: “I will stand by what I did”
nme.comTwitter and TikTok over the summer after she competed in the inaugural breaking event at the Summer Olympics. She scored zero points in all three of her round robin battles and was eliminated, becoming a viral meme.
The unconventional, seemingly less-than-expert nature of her moves and her green tracksuit led to many ridiculing her routines online, with some feeling that the reaction strayed into cyber bullying.
The competitor, who is also a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, responded to the backlash against her at the time, saying: “Don’t be afraid to be different, go out there and represent yourself, you never know where that’s gonna take you.” Now, in a new interview with Stellar Magazine (via Daily Mail), Raygun has discussed her performance at the Olympics and the effect the online reaction had on her life.
Under a banner of “What Raygun did next”, Gunn is quoted as saying: “You did not bring me down. You did not succeed. I will stand by what I did.” Among those who reacted to Raygun’s performances was Adele, who paused one of her shows during her Munich residency to say, “Did anyone see the breakdancing lady?
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