Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn, better known as “Raygun”, has set a challenge for the millions of people who’ve ridiculed her or hated on her after the Olympic campaign that sent her viral.
The 37-year-old university lecturer has paired up with Finder, the global financial technology company, to challenge her critics to a dance-off.
“I’ve heard some of you think you can do better than me,” Gunn says in a video posted to Instagram by Finder. “Really?”
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She then cracks her knuckles, perks up like a kangaroo — that’s a nod to her Olympic campaign — and quips, “Let’s find out, shall we?”, before busting out a cameo of her finest moves to the tune of Finder advertisement music.
“Think you can do better?” she says at the end of the dance.
“Let’s find out.”
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Entrants must put together a dance video to the same Finder tune and post it to Instagram with the hashtag #RaygunChallenge.
Finder will gift the best solo dancer $5000 and the best dance crew $10,000.
Gunn is capitalising on the worldwide attention she drew after producing moves such as the hopping kangaroo and the sprinkler as breaking made its Olympic debut in Paris.
She also danced in a Team Australia tracksuit instead of hitting the dance floor in streetwear.
She contested three battles that yielded zero points and no wins.
Fuming at Gunn and the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), tens of thousands signed a petition calling for “immediate transparency and accountability”.
Many people are angry that Gunn was backed by Australian taxpayer money to, in their view, produce substandard routines.
In an interview with the magazine Stellar last week, Gunn hit back.
“You did not bring me down,” she said.
“You did not succeed. I will stand by what I did.”
American breakdancer Jeffrey “Jeffro” Louis, who competed for Team USA at the Paris Olympics, believes the Raygun storm has had a positive impact on the sport.
He also said he hoped Gunn was “doing all right” and admitted “the world can be cruel”.
