Australian Olympic officials, embattled b-girl fire back at 'disgraceful' theories over Paris performance

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The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and b-girl Raygun fired back at the criticism levied at the organization and the breaker over her performance at the Paris Olympics.

The performance from Raygun, whose real name is Rachael Gunn, sparked widespread mocking as she received zero points across three bouts for her "kangaroo dance" and other maneuvers she did on the floor. The mocking turned into theories about the AOC’s decision to send her to the Summer Games in the first place.

More than 40,000 people signed a Change.org petition claiming Raygun "manipulated" the Olympic qualification process. Other claims were made about the validity of the Oceania qualifying event and speculation that she and fellow breaker Samuel Free had positions in Australian breaking organizations. 

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Australia's Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin)

While Raygun received support from Australian team chef de mission Anna Meares, the AOC released a statement on Thursday pushing back on the criticism.

AOC Chief Executive Officer Matt Carroll said the organization wrote to the petition company demanding that it be withdrawn over "numerous falsehoods designed to engender hatred against an athlete who was selected in the Australian Olympic team through a transparent and independent qualification event and nomination process."

"It is disgraceful that these falsehoods concocted by an anonymous person can be published in this way,"