Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy Open Up About Competing As Openly Gay Olympians
U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon and freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy garnered a lot of attention during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang — and not only because are they both incredibly talented (and charming), but they were also competing as two of the only openly gay athletes on Team USA. Now, the duo has opened up about the experience in a new interview with the Today show.
After taking home a bronze medal during the team figure-skating event, Rippon became the first openly gay athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. (Kenworthy won silver during the Sochi games in 2014, but says he was not ready to come out at that time.) Rippon told Today, “I came here being authentically myself and sharing my story and being gay is part of that, but I came here as an American athlete, and I came here to help my team get a medal in that team event and that was what I focused on.”
Source: Yahoo News
After taking home a bronze medal during the team figure-skating event, Rippon became the first openly gay athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. (Kenworthy won silver during the Sochi games in 2014, but says he was not ready to come out at that time.) Rippon told Today, “I came here being authentically myself and sharing my story and being gay is part of that, but I came here as an American athlete, and I came here to help my team get a medal in that team event and that was what I focused on.”
Source: Yahoo News
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