Gus Kenworthy will represent Great Britain at Winter Olympics in Beijing
It will mark the 30-year-old’s first time representing the country after previously competing on Team USA, with his eligibility to do so coming from the fact he was born in England and has an English mother.
Kenworthy becomes one of 21 ski and snowboard athletes on Team GB and will be performing in the freeski halfpipe for the country.
After head issues interrupted his training in 2021, it was unclear if Kenworthy would make an appearance in Beijing. Writing on Instagram at the time, he said: “With the Olympics less than two months away I’m incredibly frustrated but trying to stay positive and hopeful that this will pass.
Not sure what else I can do but wait.” He first won a Winter Games medal in Sochi in 2014, where he was one of four publicly out gay men.
