Olympic zaddy Eric Radford has a new role & he’s still making us quiver
told Olympics.com. “I’ve realized that as an athlete, my vision of my sport is very linear, and very selfish, as well.”Radford, the first out gay man Winter Olympian to win a gold medal, says his conversation with freestyle skier Maxime Dufour-Lapointe at the Beijing Games was a turning point.
At the time, she was Canada’s athletic service officer.“It was just the two of us in the lounge and we started talking about the more philosophical, spiritual side of sport,” he said. “And how that all fits into our life, how it shaped us as people.
It was a very special and memorable moment.”It appears as if Radford enjoyed his experience as a mentor. He toasted to the host city, Santiago, Chile, on Instagram this week.
Look at that salt ‘n’ pepper!A post shared by Eric Radford (@ericradford85)OK, zaddy…A post shared by Olivier Poupart (@olivierpoupartphotograhe)While we would love some hands-on tutelage from Radford, we suppose Canada’s up-and-coming figure skaters could use it more.
