Raygun: Rachael Gunn retires from breaking after Olympic backlash

Rachael Gunn said the level of scrutiny around her performance made it difficult to keep competing.

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Gunn - who is known as B-girl Raygun - failed to get on the scoreboard in all three of her competition rounds in August, with a routine that included unorthodox moves, such as the sprinkler and a kangaroo hop.

The 37-year-old university lecturer's moves catapulted her to global attention and ridicule, spawned conspiracy theories about her qualification, and reignited criticism of breaking's inclusion in the Olympics.

Gunn had initially planned to keep competing but said the saga had been so "upsetting" that she changed her mind.

"I just didn’t have any control over how people saw me or who I was," she told local radio station 2DayFM on Wednesday.

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