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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.