The husband of Australian Olympic break dancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn is now the focus of attention online for footage of his own questionable moves.
Samuel Free, who also trains Raygun, performs under the name Sammy The Free as a fellow breakdancer.
His wife failed to score a single point in three “battles” during the Paris Olympics and was heavily criticised for her routine and uniform.
Footage has since emerged of Free also performing his own bizarre take on breakdancing while performing at a Battle Series event in April in Australia.
In the clip, Free can be seen throwing himself to the ground and at one point lifting up his own pant leg as part of the routine.
Footage has since emerged of Free also performing his own style of breakdancing while performing at a Battle Series event in April in Australia.
Free performs under the name Sammy The Free as a fellow breakdancer (pictured with Raygun)
One person commented on the video: “Don’t these people have access to YouTube to see what real breakdancing looks like? I’m still scratching my head.”
You are as bad as your wife. It’s embarrassing,” while another added: “Now it makes sense…”
Another commented: “I’m sorry but don’t you have internet? Don’t you have access to YouTube? I can’t understand why you are so horrible!”
In an interview with Stan Sport ahead of his wife’s performance in Paris, he revealed that embarrassing moves would likely be included in her routine.
“There are mixed emotions, there is a lot of pressure and also a lot of emotion,” he said.
“We can show something we’re excited about and love now to the rest of the world, which largely hasn’t seen what we have to show.”
“There will certainly be some signatures to show and there will be some surprises too, a bit of Australian flavour that he will try to bring.”
Gunn failed to score a single point in three ‘battles’ during the Paris Olympics and was widely criticised for her routine and uniform.
Gunn’s mental health is now being monitored amid online attack from social media users.
When Stan’s host jokingly asked if Raygun would use the sprinkler at the Olympics, he replied, “Look, anything’s possible, there’s a lot of things that happen at that time.”
“We’re not going to reveal any secrets just yet before the competition, but stay tuned. There will be some surprises.”
Raygun was introduced to the sport through her husband and admitted that she was not immediately convinced by the idea.
She soon found her groove in the sport and eventually took part in her first competition in 2012 and became an academic in the sport.
Gunn became a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney and completed her PhD in Philosophy with her thesis entitled ‘Deterritorialising Gender in the Sydney Breakdance Scene: A B-Girl’s Experience of B-Boying’.
However, an anterior cruciate ligament injury all but ruined Samuel’s competitive ambitions and it soon became clear that Gunn was the most likely to achieve his Olympic dream.
Her mental health is being monitored amid an online outcry after fans criticised the creative arts researcher, who specialises in “the cultural politics of breakdancing”.
