Raygun finally admits she 'couldn't even break' and had very little training with her head coach before her controversial Olympic performance which made her the laughing stock of the world: 'I was cringe'

Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn has revealed the truth behind her shocking breakdancing performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, admitting she 'couldn't even break' before she took to the stage.

Gunn, 39, who quit her job in academia after the brutal fallout of her infamous six-minute dance, also agreed that the performance was 'cringe' in her Netflix documentary Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly.

In the show, it is revealed she had no formal Olympic training as her head coach, Lowe Napalan, was too tied up with administrative work to oversee her preparations.

Napalan is the head of the Australian Breaking Association (AUSBreak) and organised the Oceania qualifier that determined who would represent Australia in breakdancing on the world stage. 

However, Napalan said he didn't get much time to train Gunn due to all the administrative work he had to do for the Olympics and he didn't even see her final routine until minutes before she stepped onto the Paris stage. 

'I was doing a lot more administrative work. In terms of Raygun's training specifically, I was only there assisting a handful of times,' he said.

'Less than ten sessions, for sure.'

He later admitted in the documentary: 'I actually didn't see her really much at all in the last month or two [before the Olympics]. I don't think I saw her.

'When I did see her, she didn't have to physically show it on her face or anything, but I could already sense that it was like, this is a losing battle. You're training to lose.'

Napalan admitted he didn't even see her final routine until minutes before she went onto the Olympic stage, admitting he was not impressed with what she had planned.

'She showed me a little preview and I was looking at it like [shocked expression],' he explained. 

When she displayed the routine on camera for the world to see, he confessed: 'I was there side-stage. I had to not have a face of shock.' 

Gunn was primarily trained by her husband, Samuel Free, also a breakdancer, going by the nickname Sammy the Free after previously using the moniker Sammy Sex. 

After Gunn's Olympic performance drew heavy backlash, online critics dug up footage of Free's own dancing style and shared mixed opinions on his technique and skill level.  

Leah Clark, a B-girl who goes by Flix and was Gunn's friend for 15 years until her performance in Paris, slammed Napalan for not taking a more hands-on approach with the former academic's training.

'You're the head coach. Maybe you should oversee what your team is putting on the Olympic stage,' Clark said. 

Earlier in the documentary, Clark admitted that while she has 'no personal problem' with Gunn, she felt 'offended' by the dancer's routine at the Olympics and was 'furious' with the performance she put on.

'Raygun has always had an interesting, quirky, unique style. It's different to how I dance. It's different to how a lot of people dance,' she said. 

'I want to be clear that I have no personal problem with Rachael. She was someone who I considered a friend for 15 years. 

'But I feel like I need to share, with her Olympic performance, that I was offended by it. I was embarrassed by it.' 

Gunn admitted in the documentary that in the lead up to Paris, she quickly realised that she did not have the skill to compete against world champions, but said she didn't want to quit and 'regret' not going through with it. 

'I don't like to have regrets and I think that I knew deep down if I walked away, I would have regretted it more and that would have haunted me, rather than going through whatever happened,' she said.

To this day, Gunn continues to breakdance.

'It's been a journey since Paris. I couldn't even really break to begin with. I've been doing gradual pushes this whole way... I know for sure I'm never going to stop breaking,' she added. 

The documentary about Gunn's stint at the Olympics has been widely mocked on social media, with some viewers slamming the former academic as 'delusional' and others threatening to cancel their Netflix subscriptions.

The film delves into the viral memes and relentless online mockery the academic endured.

But not many commenting online were impressed.

'Raygun: Netflix Documentary or Tragic Comedy? The delusion is great in this one. She's back for another round of public humiliation,' said one person on X.

Another chimed in: '"What the f**k did I do?", asks the Aussie woman who was lampooned for her breakdancing routine at the Olympics.

'Clearly lacking in self-reflection. Raygun only has herself to blame for going down in history in such a laughable manner.'

Not everyone was as angered by the documentary, with one fan calling Raygun a class act.

'Just watched the Raygun doc on Netflix - takeaway is that she comes across as a high-class person while all her critics seem bitter and annoying,' they wrote.

Another wrote: 'Just watched the Raygun documentary on Netflix. It was very insightful and a cautionary tale re: guarding your professional reputation carefully.

'I really felt for her going through this - must have been awful. Her family are wonderful and I hope she can turn everything around.'

Gunn was transformed from a relative unknown into an international punchline after her three Olympic battles went viral.

She and her husband Free were subsequently targeted by conspiracy theories and accusations that they had somehow cheated their way into the Games - claims that were particularly damaging given Free was also her coach.

Both Gunn and Free denied these claims in the documentary.  

The documentary also delves into Gunn's relationship with Free, whom she met while working at a call centre in 2008 and who would eventually become her husband, coach and one of the people standing beside her as the internet turned against them.