Olympic breakdancer Raygun has debuted a surprising new look.
The Australian Olympian, real name Rachael Gunn, became a global source of ridicule during the Paris Olympics.
Dressed in an Australian tracksuit that looked more like a cricket uniform than a breakdancing get-up, Raygun hopped like a kangaroo and slid around the floor like a snake in a routine that did not impress the judges.
On Thursday, the breakdancer looked completely different as the cover of this week’s Stellar Magazine was shared to Instagram.
In the cover shoot, Raygun swapped her green and gold tracksuit and baseball cap for a figure-hugging electric blue dress with flared sleeves.
The academic-turned-breakdancer looks defiant as she poses hands on hips against a yellow nylon backdrop.
Raygun wore her hair slicked back into a long pony tail for the shoot and went for a bronzed makeup look with dark red lipstick.
She completed her look with a pair of strappy black heels.
Olympic breakdancer Raygun has debuted a surprising new look. The Australian Olympian, real name Rachael Gunn, became a global source of ridicule during the Paris Olympics. Pictured
On Thursday, the breakdancer is totally transformed on the cover of this week’s Stellar Magazine
The accompanying cover line reads, ‘What Raygun did next?’, alongside a quote taken from the accompanying interview inside.
‘You did not bring me down. You did not succeed. I will stand by what I did,’ she says.
Raygun was comprehensively beaten in all of her battle rounds at this year’s Paris Olympics, while her routine went viral, even mocked by the likes of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
In a huge twist, she returned from Paris to be named the No.1 breakdancer in the world despite not even coming close to winning a medal due to a quirk in the way dancers are graded.
But now she is receiving a new honour on the front lawns of Aussie homes, with handmade tributes to her routine being erected ahead of Halloween on October 31.
A Melbourne resident has immortalised her kangaroo hopping routine with a paper mache effigy complete with Aussie tracksuit and Olympics flag.
The artist remains unknown, but a local called into radio station 3AW to let them know the ‘statue’ had been erected on a nature strip in their suburb.
‘Following on from her huge success of breakdancing in Paris, Raygun is now dancing in the streets of the north,’ the caller said.
The Olympic breakdancer is shaping up to be a popular choice for decorations and costumes on Halloween
Another Raygun tribute has been shared on social media ahead of Halloween
3AW host Ross Stevenson was stunned when shown an image of the tribute.
‘That is amazing,’ he said.
‘That is awesome. Someone’s put up a statue of Raygun.
‘Is that in someone’s backyard or in a public thoroughfare?’
The caller replied: ‘It’s in a public thoroughfare, on the nature strip.’
Stevenson said: ‘That is outstanding.
‘Look at the balance they’ve managed to achieve there with that statue. How do you do that?’
It is not the only Raygun tribute snapped ahead of Halloween.
Another home in Melbourne has used a fake skeleton, posing it in the kangaroo hopping dance position and dressing it in the same tracksuit.
Another skeleton tribute has been snapped at an unknown Australian location, complete with LED red glowing eyes.
