Supported after ridiculed Olympic dance: "Crushing"

The Australian breakdancer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn has been ridiculed on social media after her performance in the Olympic Games. Now she's getting support from her teammates. It's devastating for her, says Olympic canoeist Jessica Fox to The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Supported after ridiculed Olympic dance: "Crushing"
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Breaking made its debut in the Olympic Games context during the summer games in Paris. And one of the competitors was the Australian dancer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn, whose performance has been noticed in social media.

The Australian, who is a researcher in dance and gender politics in everyday life, lost all her matches with 0–18, and has been ridiculed for her performance. Both comedians and well-known superstars like Jimmy Fallon and Adele have made fun of Gunn's dance.

Now she is being supported by, among others, Jessica Fox, who won double Olympic gold in canoeing for Australia, who is defending her Olympic colleague.

I've talked to her. She's crushed, says Fox to The Sydney Morning Herald and continues:

To see the strain... She's a human being and what she's been subjected to during the past week is extreme. She's definitely felt it. There's a human being behind all this, and people are so quick to express themselves nastily. She doesn't deserve all that.

Even the country's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed Gunn after the Olympic Games.

I think some of the criticism she's received has been a bit of a joint attack, which I think is very unfair. Good for her to get to step out in a training overall and just go for it. I mean, how Australian is that?, he said to Nova Radio according to AFP.

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