Olympic diver Timo Barthel is treating us to mouth-watering training vids & now everyone is soaked
2023 European Games, which begin Wednesday in Poland. Europe’s best athletes, including Batthel, will compete in 13 cities for championship medals and Olympic qualifications.
Barthel participated in Tokyo 2020, and is hoping to compete next summer in Paris. Over the last several days, the German diver has been flooding Instagram with training vids, gifting his nearly 31,000 followers with behind-the-scenes looks at what it takes to train for an elite athletic competition.And we’re happy to keep looking!
This human looks amazing in a speedo.A post shared by Timo Barthel (@timobarthel1)A post shared by Timo Barthel (@timobarthel1)Prior to Tokyo 2020, Barthel caught our eye with a pair of Instagram posts that seemed to indicate he identifies as LGBTQ+.
For Pride Month, he posted a photo wearing a shirt with rainbow stripes and a rainbow heart.The caption simply reads, “Humanity.”A post shared by Timo Barthel (@timobarthel1)The previous summer, Barthel shared a picture of himself in a speedo, accompanied by a message of inclusion. “What a sick world If i go to the beach as a diver (speedo) they insult me as a [expletive] and they are laughing,” he wrote. “If I go like everybody with a „normal“ short, everything is fine.
