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Chyrons can make Olympic swimming a much more interesting sport
Speedos apparently don’t mix well with NBC’s graphics.
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This Olympian wants you to look at his butt (it’s for a good cause)
“Having the words ‘gay and lesbian’ over my butt is my way of announcing my queerness for the swimming world to see.”
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British divers take bronze in Rio but only the gay one makes headlines
It’s a reversal of fortune for Britain’s gay champion diver, who was given prominent coverage over his straight swimming partner.
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At Harvard, Schuyler Bailar will be first openly trans collegiate swimmer in U.S. history
The Harvard freshman was recruited to swim on the school’s women’s team. But next season, he’ll swim for the men’s team after his transition, becoming the first openly transgender collegiate swimmer in U.S. history.
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Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe: ‘I’m comfortable saying I’m a gay man’
Australian Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe comes out as gay in a television interview airing Sunday evening in Australia, reports the Daily Telegraph. Thorpe’s announcement follows more than a decade of denials — the first of which came just as his career skyrocketed at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, when he was just 15.
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Diana Nyad becomes first to complete Cuba-Florida trip without shark cage
KEY WEST, Fla. — With her lips and tongue swollen, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad edged closer to Florida on Monday in her attempt to become the first person to swim the treacherous waters from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage.