rachael gunn, aka b—girl raygun, full ofjoy as breaking made its 0lympic debut.er dance battles. the university lecturer was soon at the centre of a global debate — her moves mocked, the performance criticised online. i just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me. i really appreciate the positivity. i didn't realise that that would also open the door to so much hate, which has frankly been pretty devastating. questions over rachael gunn�*s selection have prompted australian breaking to issue this statement. it said... "she emerged as a top performer, and its selection was based solely on performance." aus breaking also condemned the global online harassment and bullying she'd suffered. rachael gunn thanked her team—mates, fans and the dancing community for their support. a holiday means she's taking a breakfrom breaking, but she's vowed to return to the sport she loves. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. in an hour's time, taylor swift will take to the stage at london's wembley stadium for the first of five nights. it's the first time she will perf

the breaking event — and there's one competitor everyone's talking about. 36—year—old australian rachael gunnormance — which unfortunately failed to earn a single point from the judges. amid the criticism — the breakers community and the world dancesport federation have been quick to show their support. on our side, we reached out an athlete and, we are aware about what is happening, especially on social media. and definitely we should put the safety of the athlete, in this case, mental safety in the first place. she was doing this to represent her country, her region, and she created some original moves which could be maybe funny or entertaining for others. but for us, she basically represented, um, uh, breaking and hip hop. she was trying to be original and bring something new to the table. and so as paris waves goodbye — the four year journey to los angeles now begins. but will there be a new person in charge of the international olympic committee by the time those games arrive? world athletics president lord coe says he will give "serious thought" to running for the role of president of t

the breaking event — and there's one competitor everyone's talking about. 36—year—old australian rachael gunn— which unfortunately failed to earn a single point from thejudges. amid the criticism, the breakers community and the world dancesport federation have been quick to show their support. on ourside, we on our side, we reached out an athlete, and we are aware about what has happened, especially on social media, and definitely we should put the safety of the athlete, in this case mental safety, in first place. she was doinu safety, in first place. she was doing this _ safety, in first place. she was doing this to _ safety, in first place. she was doing this to represent - safety, in first place. she was doing this to represent her. doing this to represent her country. _ doing this to represent her country, her region, and she created _ country, her region, and she created some original moves, which — created some original moves, which could be may be funny or entertaining for others, but for us, _ entertaining for others, but for us, she basically represented breaking and hip—hop, she was

so you can't have missed this story about the 36 year old australian break dancer rachael gunn, knowncome an absolute figure of fun after her olympic performance scored zero points from nine judges. >> hi everyone . ray gun here, i >> hi everyone. ray gun here, i just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me. i really appreciate the positivity and i'm glad i was able to bring some joy into your lives. i didn't realise that that would also open the door to so much hate, which is frankly been pretty devastating. i really like to ask the press to please stop harassing my family. my friends. the australian breaking community and the broader street dance community. >> so i'm joined now by online editor of the spectator australia, alexandra marshall. alexandra, thank you for joining me, i don't know about you, but when i see the reaction to rachael gunn, i don't i haven't really seen hate. i've seen a huge amount of satire. comedy shows have been doing impressions of her. she's inspired a million memes, but have you seen hate and is she right to use that word ? right t

rachael gunn is accused of manipulating the olympic selection process by setting up her own governing body for the sport and overlooking other qualified answers. the petition asks for a full investigation into reagan's journey to the summer games as well as a public apology for actions and a global apology to the break, dancing community. has yet to respond to the petition. she has, however, asked for privacy and he's asking the media to stop harassing her family and friends. >> coming up, a dine and dish? yeah. don't want to miss. we're going to check out a popular brunch spot on the water that is serving up secret. sushi. and attention to try to. >> sell a house, buy a house. there are new rules for real estate commissions starting this weekend. >> san jose setting an undesirable record for the first time. the median price of a home. in san jose surpassed 2 million dollars crazy. this comes ahead of sweeping changes that will affect commissions paid real estate agents in kron four's terisa stasio reports. >> sweeping changes. that's the promise of a massive lawsuit negotiated with t

. >> reporter: australia's rachael gunn, better known as raygun, didn't win any medals, but her movesu gonna do ♪ >> i'm a worm, y'all. >> reporter: even gaining some pretty famous admirers from "saturday night live's" cast to adele. >> it's the best thing that's happened in the olympics. >> you have to wonder where raygun is right now. ♪♪ where is that music coming from? >> reporter: and jimmy fallon. [ cheers and applause ] >> you want me to dance with you? i can do that. >> i worked my butt off preparing for the olympics, and i gave my all, truly. >> reporter: the 36-year-old who was up against mostly younger competitors has a ph.d. in sports culture and did her thesis on breaking. the australian olympic committee defended her place on the team. >> i'm on it to have been a part of the australian olympic team. >> reporter: raygun has been shown some love online as well including those in the breaking community writing, we got your back. as for raygun, she said she's off to europe for some down time telling her supporters she appreciates the positivity while also supporting her other

the dancer, whose real name is rachael gunn and who also lecturers in breaking at an australian universityse competing would "open the door to so much hate". gunn lost all three of her round—robin battles in paris, which were widely ridiculed online, by a combined score of 54-0. it was the first time breaking has appeared as an olympic sport. i just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me. i really appreciate the positivity and i'm glad i was able to bring some joy into your lives. i didn't realise that that would also open the door to so much hate, which is frankly pretty devastating. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in colombia as they began their four—day tour of the south american nation. harry and meghan are being given a full security detail throughout their visit — for what has been dubbed a diy royal tour. colombia's vice president, francia marquez, said she was inspired to ask the couple to visit the country after being moved by their netflix documentary. they visited a local school and joined a summit, in collaboration with their archewell founda

the 36—year—old, whose real name is rachael gunn, has spoken out for the first time since her routinegunn said she "didn't realise that it would open the door to so much hate". and the new york yankees�* aaron judge became the fastest player to reach 300 home runs in major league baseball history during the yankees win over the chicago white sox on wednesday. judge's moment came in the eighth inning, hammering the ball to left field to make history, reaching 300 home runs injust 955 games, more than 100 games quicker than the previous mark set by ralph kiner. the yankees eventually won 10—2. and that's all the sport for now. thank you, tanya. more now on our top story — the two significant developments in the middle east. in qatar, talks are under way to try to reach a ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages. and in gaza — the number of people killed in the war has now passed 40,000, and more than 92,000 have been wounded. that's according to the hamas—run health ministry there. merlyn thomas from bbc verify has been looking at the latest death toll and the destruction from the

the 36—year—old — whose real name is rachael gunn — has spoken out for the first time since her routineid she wasn't expecting some of the negative reaction. i just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me. i really appreciate the positivity and i'm glad i was able to bring somejoy into your lives. that's what i'd hoped. i didn't realise that that would also open the door to so much hate, which is frankly pretty devastating. but i went out there and i had fun. i did take it very seriously. there we go, that is all the sport from us for now. we will have more later on. we'll see you then. see you then, gavin, thank you very much indeed. on ukraine now. the bbc has been told that british challenger 2 tanks are being used in ukraine's surprise incursion into russia. ukraine is expanding its military operation in the russian region of kursk and even setting up an administrative office there. a senior commander claims ukrainian troops have advanced a further one and a half kilometres in the past 2a hours. he says they now control 1,150 square kilometres of russian terri

the 36—year—old — whose real name is rachael gunn — has spoken out for the first time since her routine although skies did brighten up across scotland, northern ireland later in the day, it was a pretty soggy one for most, with outbreaks of rain and a strong south—westerly breeze. tomorrow's looking better, more sunshine around, and it'll feel slightly cooler and fresher, certainly across northern areas. those weather fronts continuing to move southwards and eastwards, then, through the overnight period. some spots of rain on it, maybe the odd heavier burst, but generally it will be much weaker than what we had earlier in the day across northern and western areas. a few blustery showers across the north—west of the uk. clear skies for most mean a cooler, fresher night to come, but still quite warm and muggy in the far south—east. now, for tomorrow, then, we've got a ridge of high pressure building in behind this weather front, so plenty of sunshine around. a bit of a chilly start out there, the odd mist patch. it stays quite blustery through the day across scotland, northern ireland. on

the 36—year—old whose real name is rachael gunn — has spoken out for the first time since her routinee �*didn�*t realise that it would open the door to so much hate.�* and that's all the sport for now. a 15—year—old boy from sunderland has become the first person to be charged with the offence of riot — following the recent nationwide disorder. rioting is an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison — double that of a charge of violent disorder. with me now is our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. we heard a lot of cases going through court, but this is the first time we've heard about this riot church, tell us how it differs. bbc ist in: church, tell us how it differs. bbc is trying to _ church, tell us how it differs. bbc is trying to track _ church, tell us how it differs. bbc is trying to track all of these cases in a spreadsheet and have well over 200 cases of people charged with violent disorder. in close to 100 people have now pleaded guilty to that offence. today this was the first time someone has been charged with the much stronger offence of ri

. >> reporter: this while the australian breaker, rachael gunn known as raygun, is breaking her silence her olympic performance that went vira the australian dancer, a 36-year-old co leaving fansoc in shk when she breakdancing, contrasting her performance with other competitors. ♪ now raygun responding to all the attention. >> i did take it very seriously. i worked my butt off preparing for the olympics, and i gave my taking matters to switzerland's supreme courll bronze medal is fairly awarded. guys? >> gio: well, i'll tell you what, i don't think any olympics has generated this much talk. >> mary: no, and just four seconds made the differ. >> gio: all right. melissa, thank you so much. >>> and still ahead here on commissions going into effect. what you need to know. >> mary: and inspiring others, a violinist takes center stage while helping aspiring musicians like him.il story. a look at what's behind the dupixent can help people with asthma breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. so this is better. even this. dupixent is an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe as

i deserve the lead with jake tapper next on cnn fairly and breakdancer rachael gunn, aka reagan, is responding to backlash over her highly panned and now viral olympic performance and a brand new instagram video gun says the hate that she's received online has been devastating. >> she has that while she had fallen at the games, she took her performance seriously david, are all austrian officials are defending gun following an anonymous online petition, they describe as bullying. the petition claims that qualifying events were rigged in guns favor and alleges that her husband, who is also a breakdancer, manipulated the selection process the online petition reach nearly 55,000 signatures as of this morning. but it has since been taken down. >> now, the australian olympic committee refutes those claims. it says the qualifier was approved by the international olympic committee and the world dance sport federation and gun had no position that gave her favor. this was the first year breaking was featured in the olympics makes it could be the last it's not on the competition less for the 2028 la game