Breaking's next move: escaping the long shadow of Raygun

NEW YORK, Aug 20 : Two years after Australian breaker Raygun's much-maligned Olympic performance, the breaking community want to move on from the Paris Games debacle and reshape perceptions of a hip-hop art form they say was unfairly defined by a single routine.Raygun, whose real name is Rachael Gunn, became the focus of intense scrutiny and suffered online backlash following her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the Australian lost all three of her round-robin battles without scoring a point. Her unconventional routine drew widespread ridicule on social media.Today, her performance has become synonymous with breaking according to David Shreibman, known as b-boy Kid David, who was a play-by-play Olympic commentator for NBC in 2024 and is co-hosting the upcoming Red Bull BC One