Controversial Australian Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn retires from competition
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 바카라 게임 웹사이트upsetting바카라 게임 웹사이트 that she changed her mind.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I just didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t have any control over how people saw me or who I was,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she told radio station 2DayFM. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I was going to keep competing, for sure, but that seems really difficult for me to do now. I think the level of scrutiny that바카라 게임 웹사이트s going to be there, and people will be filming it, and it will go online.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Breaking was being contested at an Olympics for the first time. And it might be a one-and-done, not scheduled on the Olympic program for Los Angeles in 2028 or for Brisbane, Australia in 2032.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Raygun바카라 게임 웹사이트 as she was known, was later ridiculed on social media, with some posts also questioning the Olympic qualifying process.
In a television interview for The Project on Australia바카라 게임 웹사이트s Channel 10 in September, she told of being chased by cameras through Paris streets and how she dealt with the very public reaction to her performance.
바카라 게임 웹사이트That was really wild,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트If people are chasing me, what do I do? That really did put me in a state of panic. I was nervous to be out in public. It was pretty nerve-wracking for a while.바카라 게임 웹사이트
She apologized for the commotion, but again defended her performance and said she was thankful for support from others in the sport.
She had previously defended how she qualified for Paris, and reiterated it on the TV program.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I won the Oceania championships. It was a direct qualifier,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Gunn said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트There were nine judges, all from overseas. I knew my chances were slim as soon as I qualified,바카라 게임 웹사이트 for the Olympics.
바카라 게임 웹사이트People didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t understand breaking and were just angry about my performance,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she added. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The conspiracy theories were just awful and that was really upsetting. People are now attacking our reputation and our integrity 바카라 게임 웹사이트 none of them were grounded in facts.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Gunn바카라 게임 웹사이트s performance was mocked online and on television, including in a sketch on
In her Sydney radio interview Wednesday, Gunn said she won't stop breaking entirely.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I still dance and I still break." she said. "But that바카라 게임 웹사이트s like, in my living room with my partner.바카라 게임 웹사이트