'Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly' Netflix Documentary: 5 Biggest Reveals About Dr. Rachael Gunn
From her husband's coaching role to the Oceania qualifier truth, we break down the biggest reveals from Netflix's new Raygun documentary.
By Rendy Jones
• @rendy_jones
September 8th, 2026 - 8:15 am
Picture Credit: Netflix
The latest entry in the Untold documentary series, Raygun: Breaking Badly, offers a new kind of story. The 72-minute doc tells the tale of Olympian Dr. Rachael Gunn—the PhD-holding breakdancer from Australia who became a viral sensation for her catastrophic shutout (an iconic 0-point run) during the Paris 2024 Olympics. Some see her as a fearless force to be reckoned with; others view her as a farce and an embarrassment to her country. But now, after the land-down-under dancer went down under, she got to tell her story from her perspective. But what did the doc reveal that wasn’t already widely known about the kangaroo-hopping, sprinkler-spreading breakdancer?
5 Key Reveals:
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Husband's Influence: She got into breakdancing through her husband, a Breakin' fan. Gunn met her husband Sam Free (aka emcee Sammy Sex) in 2008. He was always enthralled by the ’80s movie Breakin' and, like the protagonist Kelly, made breakdancing his entire personality. Unlike every other woman he dated, when Samuel showed Rachael his world, she didn’t run in the opposite direction. Instead, she fell in love with it—mostly because of its gender intersectionality.
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Limited Scene in Australia: Australia doesn't have much of a B-girl scene. Breakdancing was a niche activity among Aussies. In the doc, prominent Australian B-girls Tinylocks and Flix discuss how it was a hobby among a select few, with many—including Gunn—having done it for over a decade.
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Qualifiers Performance: Gunn was the best on the day of the Oceania qualifier regionals. Contrary to online misinformation, which alleged conspiracies that Sam Free’s involvement as a judge helped nepotism her way to the Olympics, Gunn won her competition fair and square. She was among 15 B-girl competitors, and her performance and positive scores from the judges landed her a spot at the Olympics.
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Self-Directed Training: Rachael studied her competitors by going to other competitions—where she also lost. When she won the qualifiers, Gunn had roughly 200 days to practice before the Olympics. Though she trained with her husband-coach, she also competed in the Undisputed Masters, where she went up against 2024’s soon-to-be silver medalist, Nicka, for the first time—and lost in the preliminary rounds.
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Limited Coaching: Gunn had limited training. Rachael Gunn never had anyone in her orbit to train her moves other than Sam Free. Her head coach was supposedly Lowe Napalan, the Australian Breaking Association president. However, the doc reveals he barely trained her, working strictly on the administrative side. “I only was there assisting… a handful of times, I’m not too sure,” Napalan confessed. “Less than 10 lessons for sure.” Less than 10 across the 200 days she had left to train. Who actually coached Gunn? Her “yes-man,” enabling husband—who again had no proper training himself. She went everywhere except to a real breaking trainer.