Raygun, viral Australian Olympic breakdancer, ranked No. 1 on the earth by sport's governing physique

Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn, who went viral in the course of the Paris Video games, was ranked primary on the earth by the game’s governing physique.

The World DanceSport Federation launched its world ranking list, saying in a statement Tuesday that Gunn secured the highest spot after she got here in first place on the 2023 Oceania Continental Championships.

The rating puzzled many individuals, a few of whom took to social media to level out that the 37-year-old B-girl, who performs as Raygun, didn’t obtain a single level from the Olympic judges.

“Raygun ranked world primary after Paris Olympics controversy — how humorous is that this? World no 1???!!!,” one individual wrote on X.

The federation clarified that the rating is “up to date based mostly on every athlete’s prime 4 performances inside the previous 12 months” and that the factors earned within the competitions are legitimate for 52 weeks from the efficiency date.

The Paris Video games in addition to the Olympic qualifier occasions in Shanghai, China, and Budapest, Hungary, didn’t contribute to the rating.

“In alignment with the Olympic Qualification System, rating occasions had been deliberately not held between 31 December 2023 and the Olympic Video games Paris 2024. This strategic scheduling allowed athletes to focus solely on the final a part of their Olympic qualification with out the added stress of further rating occasions,” the federation mentioned.

“Consequently, by the top of the Olympic Video games, most of the competitors outcomes included within the rating had expired, resulting in the present state of affairs the place many athletes have just one competitors end result contributing to their rating,” the assertion learn.

The rating will change after the factors expire and after the World DanceSport Federation’s Breaking for Gold World Collection in October.

“The WDSF stays steadfast in its dedication to transparency and equity within the aggressive rating course of,” the federation mentioned. “We belief that this clarification resolves any considerations relating to the methodology behind the present standings.”

Gunn defended her Olympic efficiency in a recent interview with the Australian current affairs show “The Project,” saying that she wished to “deliver out some Australian strikes and themes.”

“I like our Olympic mascot BK, the boxing kangaroo, and I wished to indicate that,” she defined. “That is the beauty of breaking, you may take inspiration from any supply. I needed to go together with what I used to be good at, I needed to go together with my strengths.”

In an Instagram publish final month, Gunn said the hate she’s received over her performance was “devastating” and that she labored exhausting to arrange for the Olympics.

The breakdancer informed “The Undertaking” that she needed to take a social media break following the backlash and he or she acquired psychological well being help.

“It has been a reasonably wild trip. I am not gonna lie,” she mentioned. “I undoubtedly have my ups and downs, my good and dangerous days however it has been truthfully so wonderful to see the constructive response to my efficiency. I by no means thought that I might be capable of join with so many individuals in such a constructive means in order that has simply been so wonderful. However, yeah, it undoubtedly has been powerful at occasions.”