--- title: Olympic Australian Breaker Rachael Gunn Inspires Memes description: Rachael Gunn, also known as “Raygun,” 36, went viral on Friday after her performance sparked online chatter. canonical: https://time.com/7009653/rachael-gunn-australian-breaking-olympian-memes/ author: Solcyré Burga article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-08-09T19:44:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:50:20.480Z article:section: Sports og:title: Australian Breaking Olympian Rachael Gunn Sparks Memes og:description: Gunn lost all three battles against her opponents and did not advance in the Games. og:url: https://time.com/7009653/rachael-gunn-australian-breaking-olympian-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e667a94927f2aac/698a59bb86f68e21476f5727/GettyImages-2166046728.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Breaking - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 14 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Australian Breaking Olympian Rachael Gunn Sparks Memes twitter:description: Gunn lost all three battles against her opponents and did not advance in the Games. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e667a94927f2aac/698a59bb86f68e21476f5727/GettyImages-2166046728.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Australian Breaking Olympian Rachael Gunn Inspires Endless Memes Online > Sponsored content. 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TIME's senior sports correspondent Sean Gregory tries his hand at several Olympic sports while learning from Olympians._  by [Solcyré Burga](https://time.com/author/solcyre-burga/)  ## Solcyré Burga Reporter Aug 9, 2024 7:44 PM UTC  PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 09: B-Girl Raygun of Team Australia reacts during the B-Girls Round Robin - Group B on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 09: B-Girl Raygun of Team Australia reacts during the B-Girls Round Robin - Group B on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Getty Images;2024 Getty Images  by [Solcyré Burga](https://time.com/author/solcyre-burga/)  ## Solcyré Burga Reporter Aug 9, 2024 7:44 PM UTC It's no easy feat for an athlete to make their presence known amid the multitude of events taking place in the Paris Olympic Games, but one breaker from Australia may have taken the cake during the sport’s Olympic debut. Rachael Gunn, also known as “Raygun,” 36, went viral on Friday after a series of clips sharing her interesting moves led viewers to flood to social media to share their thoughts and funny memes. Some onlookers questioned how she made it to the Olympic stage. “It’s surprising that Raygun from Australia is the best breaker y'all have,” [wrote one user on X.](https://x.com/StevieAustin14/status/1821943357410570530) “How did she make it this far?!” Others couldn’t help but express their astonishment at her acrobatic movements and footwork. “Insane respect, got an all expenses paid trip to Paris plus all the free gear and is forever an Olympian. She cooked hard here I’m afraid,” [said another](https://x.com/medicinexthings/status/1821946243431506077?s=46&t=8J7imOtsfHleHK9AvCnzkw). Gunn was ranked as Australia’s top B-girl, the colloquial term for a breaker, in 2020 and 2021, but did not [make the list](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61d3b7be9cdfdd09b5c61fcf/t/66b2be9c341bc3588171a21e/1722990236996/BGIRL+-+AUSBreaking+-+NRS+17.07.2024.pdf) in 2024\. She won the Oceania Breaking Championships in 2023\. While some moves do require specific technique, judges also take individuality and style into consideration for their scores. Gunn lost all three battles against her opponents and did not advance in the Games. Gunn secured 0 points, meaning no judges thought she did a better job than her competitor. **Read More**:[_A Comprehensive Guide to Breaking, the Newest Sport at the Olympics_](https://time.com/6996983/breaking-olympics-paris-scoring/) The athlete was decked in a dark green and gold tracksuit —Australia’s national colors—and fitted in a matching cap for her Olympic performance, while her competitors were dripped in more casual, street-style gear. In several videos, Gunn was seen waving her hands in circular motions and dragging herself across the floor, drawing comparisons to [toddlers](https://x.com/theandrewnadeau/status/1821947992837894531?s=46&t=8J7imOtsfHleHK9AvCnzkw) by [some](https://x.com/lizchar/status/1821943235721220312). Many pointed out Gunn’s “kangaroo move” where she is seen hopping from side to side with her wrists near her abdomen, which appears to be an imitation of Australia’s national animal. > [](https://twitter.com/lizchar/status/1821943235721220312) > [](https://twitter.com/mariahkreutter/status/1821917858302959775?s=46&t=8J7imOtsfHleHK9AvCnzkw) > [](https://twitter.com/ShereefKeef/status/1821961038524285171) > [](https://twitter.com/noodson/status/1821960058630263104) > [](https://twitter.com/ThePattyG/status/1821915479155331498) “There has not been an Olympic performance this dominant since Usain Bolt’s 100m sprint at Beijing in 2008\. Honestly, the moment Raygun broke out her Kangaroo move this competition was over! Give her the #breakdancing gold,” one user sarcastically [penned](https://x.com/TrapperHaskins/status/1821966224710054166) on X. On Friday, the women took part in the competition via one-on-one battles between dancers in their pool. (Men will compete Saturday.) The two best breakers in each pool then move forward. There are a number of moves players can break out, including windmills, freezes, and the six-step, [according to the Olympics](https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/breaking). Fifteen countries are participating in breaking. Break dancing [originated](https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/breaking) in the Bronx, New York, in the ‘70s and has its roots in hip-hop culture. International competitions for breaking—which is the official name for the sport, despite greater familiarity with the term breakdancing—began in the 1990s. After breaking was added to the Youth Olympic Games in 2018, the IOC decided it would see its broader Olympic debut in 2024\. Gunn earned her PhD in Cultural Studies from Macquarie University in Sydney. She is a researcher studying the “cultural politics of breaking,” [per the university site](https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/rachael-gunn), even spearheading [research](https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/the-australian-breaking-scene-and-the-olympic-games-the-possibili) on how Australian breakers were reacting to breaking’s inclusion in the Olympics. “It is such an honor and a privilege to be, you know, one of sixteen women from around the world competing in breaking’s debut at the Olympics,” said Gunn in an [Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/C-bmGMSy3WL/?hl=en) on Thursday. “I hope that seeing breaking at the Olympics inspires a whole new generation of breakers.” ## Transcript As the 2024 Paris Olympics officially begin on July 26, more than 10,000 athletes will be representing over 200 countries in 32 different sports. They've trained for years to earn a spot on one of the most prestigious stages in the world. I'm Sean Gregory, senior sports correspondent at time, and I've been lucky enough to learn from some of the actual Olympians over the years. Fair warning, these training sessions haven't always looked pretty. Wait, down. First up, I was fortunate enough to shoot around with the all time scoring king Lebron James before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the late Hall of Famer, Kobe Bryant, who won gold for the US in Beijing and London. So we're gonna get down and a little bits if hooves, let me see what you get. Alright, let's go. All right. I got to step up now. You see him shaking? You catch him shaking, he's shaking in his boots. Okay. Oh, no. Oh. Oh. Stretch. Really? Stretch. You know, some people you grow up you. Stretch. You better stretch. The ain't oke. Don't fix it. Uh oh. Excuse me. Oh, Come. I see that's talking trash. That's talking trash. No, give me that had Give me that hand. Give me the hand. Yeah. Oh shot. Oh. Oh, don't reach. No reach. No reach. Oh, excuse me. To quick. To more. You didn't get physical. Oh. Oh. Alright. Koby? Man. Very welcome man. Thanks for. Hope that helps a a little bit. Hope so too. Thank you. A, man. Around the same time, I met Serbian tennis player Novak Jokovic. To see how I'd fare against the future all time leader in men's grand slam titles. Get to the net. Get to the net. Short ball. Short ball. Oh, here comes the love. Here comes the love. Smash winner. He got it all. In the one point. In 10 seconds. He got it off. Last thing. Let me try to return to Ser. Are you ready? Yep. 125 down the middle. Around 103 second sir. 230. Hardest one. 130. Here. Oh, my God. My shoulder is gonna He's gonna fall apart. Yeah. Get it. Fight. Fine fine. Yeah. Drop shots. Drop shots. Drop shot. H guys fast. Next was the time I asked former Olympic soccer player, Chris Albright, what he thinks every soccer fan should know about the world's most popular sport. Won't just show us the three kind of kicks you talked about, and maybe I'll try to stop you. Great. The first is just go for power. You hope you put enough pace on it to get it by? Oh. The second option. They pick their spot. They know going up, where they're gonna play it. Okay, so I'm gonna go to my right and high. And they're basically saying to the goalie. Let's see who the better man is. The third option is you can use deception to get the goalie leaning one way or the other. And then the last second, you try to place it in the other side. Oh. That's shameful. In 2012, I jumped it to the deep end of the pool to try out synchronized swimming now known in the Olympics as artistic swimming. What we do is when we break it down with these counts instead of music so that each count is critically synchronized N one, two, three, four, five, six, four. What do you how do I do? And then what we're gonna do is we're all gonna go underwater and pull your feet. Okay. You can use your hands to kind of self, so your feet are gonna be in art. All of your hands? What are you gonna do to me? No. Hear this. B. Hi. There we go. Wir. You got to grow your arms up. Alright, cool. One on Sand. Yeah. Okay. Let's go. Whoo. I should have flipped. Ah, the perils of this job. In 2012, I donned a fencing suit, got hooked up to electronic scoring gear, and tried dueling with Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse. Munch. What's pen. Good. Ready. You're attacking you not attack? I'm sweating. My heart's beating. It's like 100 degrees in this. Is that part of the workout of it? I mean, I mean fencing is a really difficult workout. When you're fencing between every point, your heart rate is 180-195. So it's similar to a sprinter. Okay. Now you run and you core the point? Yes. T hank. Wow. Your first second point. Sport climbing will be returning to the Olympics this year for the second time. Watch, but don't judge me here when I tried climbing for the first time with former Olympic athlete Kyra Condie. It wasn't easy. All right. Let's try to sit. Eight 8 seconds 8 seconds. Go ahead and put your foot on y. Okay. So now you can go. I you the good part of those all. Oh, nice. I'm not getting 8 seconds. This is Bouldering. This is my favorite discipline. Hand. Yeah. Get it. And I put both hands on the one that your honor know? Big go and then g that miss. How is the close? The 2024 Paris Olympics will be unlike any other with the addition of a new Olympic sport, breaking, commonly known as break dancing. Most recently, I not only got to learn some moves from Olympic breaker Sonny Joy. I got to show her some of my own ridiculous ones as well. So what we'll do is we'll step across one, and then we'll step across, and then we'll step to the side. No, actually, we can step back. So we'll step back, and they'll step back. And then come back to the middle. Yeah. Okay. So this is called a 2000. Usually I can do this cold. Oh, let's see. So that's, like, a basic power move. Can I show you the move I did when I was in second grade? Yeah. My count show? Yes, please. Alright. I think I could still do it. This was called the Spider, as I remember it. And check, check this out. See if you'll see this in Paris. I went across the stage and what like that. Oh, yeah. That's what I did, spide St here first. I can use that powers if you'd like. I appreciate it. Yeah, I'll add it to my role that 2024 will be the ninth time I've been to an Olympic games as a journalist. 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