Tag: Olympic

Gus Kenworthy has made another dirty joke online. The year of 2018 has been the year of Kenworthy thirst posts. From the Olympic skier lusting over other Olympic players, to him lusting over political leaders, to him lusting over actors, and lusting over singers, the man has been making plenty of dirty jokes online. And it looks like the end of 2018 is more of the same as the skier decided to use clever posing to have some more of his...

'Life is too beautiful to be hidden in a closet' Venezuelan Olympic diver Robert Páez just came out as gay. The 23-year-old diver wrote a moving letter for OutSports. In it, he explains he came out to his mother first at the age of 18 but he’s always known he’s gay. He said: ‘I believe that I was born gay. As I got older I became more aware of it, and as I grew – like with so many others – it...

It's hard to keep up with which Winter Olympic star is making our face sweat and our pants tighten, it seems to change each day. Let's focus on the man of the moment: American luger Chris Mazdzer. First it was Adam Rippon, then Gus Kenworthy and now Chris. And rightfully so. The 29-year-old, who hails from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, made history during the 2018 Winter Olympics on Sunday, when he won silver in the Men's Single Luge, becoming our first U.S....

Two out and proud Olympians, figure skater Adam Rippon and freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, have joined forces in their beliefs that Vice President Mike Pence should not be leading the Olympic delegation next month in South Korea. Rippon was the first one to speak out about this earlier this month, where he blasted the White House for sending Pence due to his well-known anti-LGBT views. “You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?” he said...

Mark Foster is a five-time British Olympic swimmer, a six-time world champion, a setter of eight world records, and a BBC sports commentator. And now adding to that list, Foster has come out as gay. The 47-year-old commentator spoke to the Guardian to share his truth because despite having a good support group of friends and family in private, he was tired of lying to the public. "It’s not like I’ve been pushed to come out,” he told the Guardian, “I’ve just...

Robbie Manson, an openly gay Olympic rower from New Zealand, won an "Athlete of the Year" award from the Association of National Olympic Committees in Prague. Manson was the winner from Oceania along with female rugby player, Sarah Goss. The awards were also given to athletes from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbAj6khHTsl/ Manson has had a standout year winning two gold medals and setting a new world record in rowing. He unfortunately faced an injury as well that kept him...

EXCLUSIVE: This beautiful Venice proposal will warm your heart If, like us, your heart is warmed by the sight of two people falling in love, then you’ll want to check out the Instagram profiles of a sweet European couple. Johan Jimmy Sjödin is a former Olympic diver and self-described ‘InkedViking’ originally from Malmo, Sweden. He competed in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in the men’s platform and springboard diving events. ‘I stopped diving when I was 20. I discovered I was gay...

Olympian Max Whitlock revealed his 9-minute abs-focussed workout during a Facebook live last night, after luring viewers in with this Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/p/BQd26ISjOPO/ We wonder they tuned in? The 24-year-old got all sweaty while feeling the burn along with his Facebook followers. If you want to re-watch the video – for strictly fitness purpose, of course – then you can below. Max Whitlock became Britain’s first ever gold medalist in artistic gymnastic at the Rio 2016 Olympics last summer. He won gold in both...

The 23-year-old Olympic gold medallist opens up about his large gay following. Gold medal-winning Olympian Chris Mears has never been shy when it comes to expressing himself – and even less shy in front of a camera. Getting himself all wrapped up in his latest shoot with FAULT Magazine, the Team GB diver is one thing we certainly wouldn’t mind finding underneath the tree this year. Discussing his LGBT fanbase in and vocal support of the community in the accompanying interview, the 23-year-old says:...

Tom Bosworth of the U.K. talks with The Advocate about his Olympics, and his engagement. Let's find out in what way he did it. Check it out: Source

On Last Week Tonight on Sunday, John Oliver tore into American swimmer Ryan Lochte for having fabricated claims he made that he and his teammates were robbed at gunpoint while in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics. As we’ve reported, what apparently happened is that Lochte and 3 other Team USA swimmers vandalized a gas station and were made to pay for the damage they did by an armed security guard. Oliver described Lochte alternately as “the purest form of...

After a disappointing finish in the men’s 10m platform dive, British diver Tom Daley faced insults from a UK Christian advocacy group about his sexuality. Christian Voice UK, which describes itself as “a UK-based prayer and lobby group praying for national repentance and working for godly government,” posted on Twitter following Daley’s 18th-place finish an failure to qualify for the final diving event that “turning gay” didn’t do Daley “any favours” at the Rio Olympics. https://twitter.com/UKCV/status/767045901361840129 The group also attempted to cast doubt on the...

Olympic gymnast Danell Leyva has declared his support for the LGBT community. The US athlete, who won two silver medals at the Rio Olympics this week, shared a video where he spoke about the safety of LGBT people following the Orlando nightclub shooting, where 49 people lost their lives. He said: “I’m sorry this might seem late, but I wanted to say something that would do the victims of the Orlando shooting justice. Something that can honour their memory. “I am not...