Raygun: How Rachael Gunn predicted her Olympics routine would be turned into a 'joke' a year before she became the biggest story of the Paris Games

Rachael Gunn was the story of the Olympic Games in Paris, with fans savaging her bizarre breakdancing routine which saw her score zero points.

But the university lecturer, 36, eerily predicted that she could go viral 12 months prior to her Paris disaster.

Before heading to France for the Olympics, Gunn - better known by her stage name Raygun - published a research paper examining breaking's inclusion in the Paris Games, titled: 'The Australian breaking scene and the Olympic Games: The possibilities and politics of sportification'. 

The 18-page document analyses a range of talking points, but also discusses the possibility of huge media attention catapulting the sport into the stratosphere. 

One of her interviewees, Lowe Napalan, said: 'Good thing about the Olympics, and the best thing, is the media attention.

'So, we can do a repeat of, let's say, what happened with […] Rock Steady [Crew], the whole media boom, and then everyone started breaking.

'So there's potential that that can happen again with the Olympics, which is what we really want to utilise to get those numbers in the community.'

As it was, Raygun became the biggest talking point at the Olympics, with her unique moves included kangaroo hopping and writhing like a snake sending the internet into hysterics.

Raygun made an eerie prediction before she became an internet sensation 

The university lecturer, 36, was ruthlessly mocked online for her performance in Paris

One of her academic papers hinted that the sport could receive huge media attention 

Music superstar Adele even stopped her concert in Munich to discuss Raygun's performance.  

'I am not saying anything, but I think it's the best thing that has happened at the Olympics for the entire time,' Adele told her fans.

'Did anyone see the breakdancing lady?

'Now I didn't even know breakdancing was an Olympic sport these days. That is f***ing fantastic. I really really do.

'Aaron my percussionist is p***ing himself laughing just thinking about it.'

But Raygun told her fans that the online onslaught has been 'pretty devastating'. 

'Hi everyone, Raygun here,' she said in a video posted on Instagram. 'I just wanna start by thanking all the people who have supported me. 

'I really appreciate the positivity and I am glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives, that is what I had hoped.

'I didn't realise that that would also open the door to so much hate which has frankly been pretty devastating.

'While I went out there and had fun, I did take it very seriously. I worked my butt off preparing for the Olympics and I gave it my all. Truly.

'I'm honoured to have been a part of the Australian Olympic team and to be part of breaking's Olympic debut. What the other athletes have achieved has just been phenomenal.'