Raygun retires from breaking after upsetting Olympic backlash [Video]

Australian breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has announced her retirement from competition, citing a “really upsetting” backlash following her performance at the Paris Olympics.

Raygun, 37, became something of a global laughing stock after her unorthodox routine, including kangaroo hops and imitating a sprinkler, failed to impress the judges at the Games.

Her moves were copied on late-night talk shows and her unfashionable green tracksuit was mercilessly parodied online.

Conspiracy theories abounded to explain how the university lecturer had even made it on to the Australia Olympic team.

Gunn said the intense scrutiny had been “really upsetting”, and she had decided to pull the plug on her breakdancing career.

“I’m not going to compete any more,” she told Australian radio station 2DayFM on Wednesday.

“I was going to keep competing for sure, but that seems like a really difficult thing for me to do now.

“The level of scrutiny that’s going …