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Gabriella Ferrigine

Raygun replies to "devastating" comments

Rachael Gunn — the Australian B-girl known as Raygun whose awkward breaking style at the Paris Olympics stoked considerable backlash — has responded to critics of her moves, asking the world to "please stop."

The 36-year-old college professor from Sydney has been the subject of online ire ever since her Olympic-breaking routine went viral for deviating from the vast majority of her competitors. Her flailing style — chock full of moves such as "the kangaroo" and others that have been compared to a dog squirming in grass — lost all three of her matches 0-18.

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