U.S. Olympic skier and total hottie, Gus Kenworthy, who's won in just about every major freeskier event in the world - AFP World Championships overall titles in 2011, 2012, and 2013, won silver at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia and won his first medal, a bronze, at the X Games in Tignes, France in the slopestyle event - came out on social media and in an interview with ESPN:
Gus Kenworthy started coming out to his family and closest friends nearly two years ago. His mom said she knew. His brother said he was proud. His best friend voiced unrelenting support. And if Gus Kenworthy were an average 24-year-old, the announcement — the story — might have ended there.
But Gus Kenworthy is not an average 24-year-old. He is the top freeskier on the planet, an Olympic medalist, a face of the X Games. He is an elite athlete competing in the world of action sports, where sponsors — and income — are inextricably linked to image. In other words, he is an athlete with a lot to lose. But Gus Kenworthy is ready to tell that world, his sport, his truth. And so, as we sit down together in Los Angeles in September, he begins the only way he knows how: “I guess I should start by saying, ‘I’m gay.'”
Congratulations Gus! You're coming out will inspire millions.
The response from the Olympic world was universally positive:
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) October 22, 2015
Meet @usfreeskiing's @guskenworthy!
We are PROUD to say you are a part of #TeamUSA!
https://t.co/ywOvvgLigu
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) October 22, 2015
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