Overview
- Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly premiered on Netflix on September 1, 2026 and centers Rachael “Raygun” Gunn’s first‑person account of her run to and through the Paris Games.
- Gunn qualified for Paris at the 2023 Oceania Breaking Championships but her performance on August 9, 2024 received no judges’ votes and became an international meme that drove weeks of coverage.
- The documentary and multiple peers shown in the film present records and testimony that counter online claims that her husband or others manipulated Australia’s selection process.
- Gunn says the viral fallout produced severe mental‑health effects, including a panic attack before the Games and a later course of antidepressants, and she reports her health is now better while she continues to check in with care.
- Coverage frames the episode as a case study of how social media can amplify a single sporting moment into sustained harassment and raises questions about judging, athlete preparation for a new Olympic sport, and support for competitors.