This is the exact story of how Ray Gunn was selected for the Olympics. So back in 2019, Sydney-based breaker Lowe-Napolin had founded the Australian Breaking Association because there was a buzz that breaking could be announced as an Olympic sport. The first opportunity to qualify for the Olympics came at the World Dance Sport Federation’s World Championships in Belgium last year. The Australians who had competed at this international event were selected by that newly created Australian Breaking Association, which had devised a national ranking system and hosted competitions across the country. And Rachel Gunn had come first out of 26 women in 2021, before coming second in 2022 and 2023. Aus Breaking sent two women, Gunn and Molly Chapman. Chapman finished in 79th place out of 80 entrants and Gunn finished 64th, so neither qualified. Then came the next opportunity to qualify at the Championships held at Sydney’s Town Hall. Registration was open to anyone eligible to compete in the Olympics, regardless of their Australian ranking. This video is from those Championships. Rachel Gunn walked away as the highest-scoring woman on day one, and the second day of competition saw her defeat three competitors in the last round to win. The last opportunities to qualify then came in Shanghai and Budapest earlier this year. Three more women competed there, but none qualified, leaving Ray Gunn as the single Australian female competitor at the Olympics.