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Raygun's Viral Olympic Breakdancing Featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Video Game

Joseph Zucker@@JosephZuckerX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVNovember 15, 2024

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 09: B-Girl Raygun of Team Australia 
reacts during the B-Girls Round Robin - Group B on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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Rachael "Raygun" Gunn is now immortalized in the newest entry into the long-running Call of Duty franchise.

The newest battle pass for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 includes an emote that resembles Raygun's viral performance from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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"Bro please revive me I have a Ray Gun" <a href="https://t.co/5a9GaguZGj">pic.twitter.com/5a9GaguZGj</a>

Breakdancing made its debut at the Paris Games and thanks to the contributions of Raygun, it left quite the impression.

Gunn lost her three matchups by identical scores of 18-0. Her performances received a lot of mockery and spawned countless memes on social media.

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The roos at Kangaroo Krossing thought Raygun NAILED IT, and should have received a perfect score at the Olympics. 🦘🥇 <a href="https://t.co/P2AzezaJGp">pic.twitter.com/P2AzezaJGp</a>

To that end, Raygun may not exactly be thrilled to see Call of Duty indirectly referencing her Olympics showing.

After the Summer Games concluded, she addressed the online reaction toward her and acknowledged the mental strain it was causing.

"I didn't realize that that would also open the door to so much hate, which has, frankly, been pretty devastating," she said. "But I went out there and I had fun. I did take it very seriously. I worked my butt off preparing for the Olympics and I gave my all, truly."

Gunn has retired from competitive breaking altogether as a result to the continuing criticism.