we got ray gun it was an Olympic
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performance that got the internet going
faster than a 100 meter sprint with no
shortage of comments and memes even real
life Creations what's that music coming
from and late night
impersonations wow and while some found
joy in it all something else came just
as quickly I didn't realize that that
would also open the door to so much hate
uh which has frankly been pretty
devastating Australia's Rachel gun has
now spoken out appreciative of the
support she has received and calling out
what she says is misinformation while I
went out there and I had fun I did take
it very seriously I worked my butt off
preparing for the Olympics an online
petition gathered more than 50,000
signatures questioning her selection and
calling for investigation forcing the
Australian Olympic Committee to release
a statement calling it vexatious
misleading and bullying adding it has
stirred up public hatred without any
factual
basis it then lays out how she qualified
through what it says were fair and
independent events if you break you you
know that reun knows what she's doing
Toronto break dancer or B boy switch B
provided the commentary on the
competition for CBC he says breaking
culture isn't as strong in places like
Australia but in CIS her performance was
much more than a handful of Snippets
turned into mean but Ray gun's a be girl
you know what I mean and no one can ever
take that away from her and a lot of the
people at home that are talking in the
comment section if they had to battle
her they would they would get roasted
they would get smoked for real the
petition against her appears to have
been taken down while gun has asked for
privacy while on vacation with her
family promising to speak more when she
gets back Susanna the Silva CBC News
Vancouver