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Raygun's New Challenge: Why the Viral Olympic Breakdancer Is No Longer at Her University Post

Gunn took voluntary redundancy as Macquarie’s arts faculty faced cuts, while she sought paid online work after the zero-point routine drew mockery.

Summary by Mediaweek
Olympic breakdancer Raygun (Rachael Gunn), whose performance at the 2024 Paris games was awarded zero points, has lost her job at Macquarie University in Sydney. Gunn had been lecturing in media and cultural studies, and took a voluntary redundancy from the university’s Faculty of Arts in February. She now tells the Sydney Morning Herald she had seen “the writing on the wall.” “We need to have a serious conversation about higher education in thi…

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Mediaweek broke the news on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
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