Aussie break dancer Raygun completely unrecognisable in new photoshoot

Aussie Olympian Rachael Gunn, AKA Raygun, 37, caused global headlines and became a viral sensation with her breakdancing at the Paris Olympics, but for all the wrong reasons. Raygun's breaking routine failed to earn any points in her three battles at the games, with some going so far as to call her an "embarrassment" to the country.

This week, the b-girl has posed for Stellar Magazine and looks totally unrecognisable. Raygun also used the opportunity to hit back at her critics.

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Ditching her classic sporty vibes, Raygun wore a bright blue figure-hugging dress with flowing sleeves. She wore her hair slicked back and braided, looking worlds away from the b-girl we know.

On the cover, the magazine shared a quote from the interview that read: "You did not bring me down. You did not succeed. I still stand by what I did."

Honestly, we never would have recognised her, but she looks amazing!

Social media slams Raygun's outfit

It comes after social media users slammed the b-girl for her fashion sense (as well as her dance moves), with one user writing on X, "The Aussie B-Girl Raygun dressed as a school PE [teacher] complete with cap while everyone else is dressed in funky breaking outfits has sent me."

Speaking with Yahoo! Sports, Raygun revealed that she didn't know that you could choose an outfit.

"I didn't get the memo that we weren't gonna rep our country colours. What's going on there?" she said.

Speaking about her dancing style, Raygun said that she had a different style, "My style is not as suited to these events."

"You can see the dynamics, and a lot of really quick footwork, and power moves, and freezes, and things like that."

"I've never performed on a stage that big," Raygun added said. "We don't have events that big in Australia."

Raygun responds to hate after Olympics effort

During an appearance on The Project in September, Raygun told host Waleed Aly that she felt "sad" at the hate she received, saying general audiences aren't familiar with breaking and the diversity of approaches.

"It was really sad how much hate that it did evoke... also just due to people not being very familiar with breaking and the diversity of approaches in breaking, and it was so fantastic that the next day the judging chair, MG, came out and explained that in the breaking community what I did actually wasn't very shocking," she further explained.

"But of course, there's been a portion of very angry and.. awful responses, not only attacking me but attacking my husband, attacking my crew, attacking the breaking and street dance community in Australia, my family. The energy and vitriol that people had was pretty alarming."

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Waleed asked at one point if Raygun "genuinely" believed she was the best female breaker in Australia, to which she responded: “I think my record speaks to that. I was the top-ranked Australian b-girl in 2020 and 2022 and 2023. I have been invited to represent at how many World Championships, Paris, Korea.. So, the record is there...

"I won the Oceania Championships... I was a direct qualifier.. There were no judges, all from overseas... I don't think any of them had judged in anything I had been in before. I was super nervous about it, to be honest because even though I had won all these competitions in Australia, I was nervous about winning this one because it was all new judges."

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