Published: 03:03 BST, 30 August 2026 | Updated: 04:31 BST, 30 August 2026
Two years after becoming one of the most recognisable — and ridiculed — athletes on the planet, Raygun is finally ready to take back control of her story.
Rachael Gunn became a global sensation almost overnight after her now-infamous six-minute breaking performance at the Paris Olympics in 2024.
But behind the viral memes, kangaroo poses and relentless online mockery was an academic who, by her own admission, struggled to even leave the house.
The 38-year-old was transformed from a relative unknown into an international punchline after her three Olympic battles went viral.
She and her husband Samuel 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.
Now, two years on, the Sydney-born athlete is preparing to confront the chaos head-on in a new Netflix documentary, Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly.
Two years after becoming one of the most recognisable — and ridiculed — athletes on the planet, Raygun is finally ready to take back control of her story
Unlike when the streaming giant first approached her at the height of the scandal, she now finally feels ready to tell her side of the story.
'I wouldn't have been in a space to be able to talk about it, let alone laugh about it as much,' Gunn tells Stellar of the aftermath of Paris.
She says the documentary 'kind of feels like closure. So much of what happened was everyone else's voices. I couldn't cut through. People weren't ready to listen. I had no control over the narrative.
'Everyone thought they knew who I was, knew my motivations, knew my background – everything. This finally feels like I can move on with my life.'
It is a remarkable shift for the woman who once found herself at the centre of one of the biggest internet pile-ons in recent memory.
Gunn credits working with a psychologist and taking medication for helping her finally accept what happened in Paris and rebuild.
'I feel like finally, I can just be unapologetically me. It's really empowering, freeing,' she said.
