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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dvora Meyers

The Raygun documentary ducks a big question about the Olympic fame of a ‘dorky white academic’

Australia’s Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn competes during the women’s breaking competition at the Paris Olympics in August 2024.
Australia’s Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn competes during the women’s breaking competition at the Paris Olympics in August 2024. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Early in Netflix’s new documentary, Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly, Australian B-girl Rachael Gunn, recounts a session she had with her sports psychologist prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“Right before the Olympics, I went to my therapist, panicked,” she says. Her therapist asked her what was the worst thing that could happen. And she said, “The whole world could laugh at me.” Her therapist responded: “Do you think that’s reasonable?” Cue Gunn’s hysterical laughter.

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