Are most olympic divers gay

Men’s 10m Platform Diving preliminaries are beginning late this evening at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. And while a sport populated with elite athletes in speedos means every diver is watchable. Here's a fact: In the entire history of the Olympics, there has never been an openly gay male gymnast. An Olympic gymnast hasn’t even come out after retiring.

We've had a gay. But when Tom Daley and Greg Louganis – two Olympic diving champions from different eras, connected by both their sport and their identities as gay men – stepped onto the same platform in , that’s exactly what happened. And luckily, we have a video of that historic event. According to Outsports, there are openly LGBTQ+ athletes competing at the Tokyo Games, which is triple the then-record total from the Olympics (56).

"I feel incredibly proud to say. While the Olympic Games have made giant strides in the years since — the Paris Olympics set a record for the most athletes who are openly LGBTQ+ — advocates and athletes say international athletics have a long way to go in opening up to the queer community. Videos Results For You. Football Tennis Cycling. Take your seat.

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Formula E. Mountain Bike. Olympics Home Video. Sailing Home Calendar - Results. Ski Jumping. Speedway GP. Winter Sports. By TNT Sports. In the video entitled 'Something I want to say' — the year-old admits "In an ideal world I shouldn't be doing this video because it doesn't matter" before talking about his relationship with men and women. The London bronze medallist said he has dated girls in the past but "never had a serious relationship to talk about" before adding "until spring of this year.

It was always at the back of my head that something like that could happen but it wasn't until spring this year that something just clicked, it felt right and my whole world just changed there and then. Daley won a bronze medal at London , the only diver to medal for Team GB, while Britain won just three medals two bronze and one silver in swimming. He also found time to secure grade As in all his A-levels last summer and all this came just over a year after the tragic early death of his father.

Daley burst on to the scene when he made an Olympic final in Beijing at the age of He then went on to win gold in the 10 metre platform at the age of just 15 in Rome in — the same event that he then won bronze in at the London Olympics. I don't think so, people will call me a liar, it's going to be big, but I wanted to say something and I feel like now I'm ready and I wanted to do it. I'm still as motivated as ever and it would be great to have you guys on that journey too.

Pinsent: Is it a big deal?

I don't think so. Must say, Tom Daley's coming out video is a far more accomplished piece of television than Splash!. Olympic Games Paris