Gays in the Olympics

No trans? Certainly. No lesbians? Fuck you, OP.

Start your own "Lesbians in the Olympics" thread, r1.

Bruce Jenner’s gay. He’s an ex-gay.

This Canadian swimmer is qualified for the Olympics.

[quote] No lesbians or trans.

That’s LITERAL VIOLENCE!!

R3, I think this thread refers to the *upcoming* Olympics.

R1 There's a reason for that.

Lesbians in olympics are not a rarity unlike gay male athletes (well, openly gay male athletes).

And trans, in most sports trans are not allowed to compete (and in sports where there's money i don't think that'll change anytime soon)

This gay is trying to go to Tokyo but don't know whether he has qualified.

Don't forget about me!

Closeted American diving twunks David Boudia and Steele Johnson.

The majority of male gymnasts, divers, and volleyball players.

Bottoms galore.

I wonder why gays seem to gravitate towards those sports?

Olympic fisting

I wonder if the male gymnasts prefer to fuck the male divers after their events? Or would it be the other way around?

Perhaps it's the wrestlers who like fucking both the flexible gymnasts and divers?

R13, a friend used to play for the UCLA men's volleyball team. He never hooked up so much in his life before or since -- sounded quite incestuous.

R13 Volleyball is an anomaly, but gays tend to prefer sports where you're judged on what you look like (gymnastics) or wear very little clothing (swimming, diving).

Gays tend to move to non team sports like tennis and ice skating

Pole vaulting

R7 Exactly. There are a ton of lesbians in the Olympics. Besides, this is a website for mainly gay men, hence most of us will naturally be more interested in the gay male athletes.

Would love to see what Grindr looks like in Tokyo during the Olympics.

Do they still hand out condoms and lube at Olympic village?

R22 I doubt it this year because of covid.

The gymnastics and diving is quite easy to understand why attract so many gays, both are individual sports with an artistic part (like ice skating).

Of course tennis must be one of the sports with more gay fans and there's no serious rumours about gay players (maybe because the enviroment is conservative and a lot of players are from homophobic countries).

On team sports is very surprising that rugby seems to be one of the sports with more openly gay players

R21 In Río there was an article about that that put in danger several athletes, so i hope there won't be any investigative journalism this time

R24 You forgot swimming. It's a gay sport for some reason.

R26 But there are very few openly gay swimmers

There's one from Finland and one from Canada. Pretty sure I've read about others too.

I read that they’re handing out 160,000 condoms, but the official line is they're intended to be Olympics "souvenirs". Also, they’re not giving out face masks — athletes have to bring their own.

Thanks for posting that, r25.

I vaguely remember something in the news or somewhere about Grindr at the last Olympics, but I couldn’t remember what it was all about.

I don't really know that many gay tennis players. I've known more gay boxers and football players than tennis players

R31 Tennis is weird. It has lots of gay fans but little to no gay pro athletes (that we know of). Many journalists have written about the possible reasons.

That's because it's a sport with a lot of money around.

There are several factors, first it's an expensive sport so most players come from rich families.

There are a lot of players from countries that are not known for being gay friendly.

Sports enviroments tend to be conservative.

And it's uncharted territory.

In a sport you need to be focused because you depend on yourself, probably the first coming out will receive too much attention for the player's sake

R28 Swimmer Ari-Pekka Liukkonen, openly gay, here winning 50 m freestyle European Championship

R34 yes that's impressive but what about Ari-Pekka's pecker?

42 days until the Tokyo Olympics.

I think the Games should go forward. We kind of need something positive like this right now after the last 15 months. I'm sure the organizers will keep it safe.

r30 it was because some of the athletes were from countries where they kill gay people...or at least put them in jail.

No track and field athletes are gay! They're all straight dudebros like me!

r38 doesn't your asshole whistle when you run?

R38 Kerron Clemments came out a couple of years ago. I don't know if he still competes because he was at the end of his career

Finally something I can contribute to! Ps: sorry for the condom! - this was pre-Prep

Tennis has tons of lezzies

R41, who could that be? Any guesses?

R24 How many of those gymnast are gay gay gay? All of the ones spotlighted all got girlfriends/wives. Been waiting for the US gay gymnast Olympic competitor but not as come out about any guys that will or have competed.

I’d like to know too, r43.

R34, Ari-Pekka Liukkonen is 6'10" !

R44 wasn't Guillaume Cizeron dating an American gymnast?

R45, I'm guessing a previous gymnast. The guy in the video seems short. His body is no longer gymnast tight. He might have won gold in a team event.

Any track and field gossip?

Yes.

Jump BEFORE you get to the hurdle, if only slightly.

For some reason, the men’s 110 Hurdles always seems to attract a lot of gays. Lots of rumors about the current top hurdler, Omar Macleod. He’s a big Mary but since he’s Jamaican, he’d probably get killed. He’s also very religious

R51 And he is the runner that nobody wants by his side because he has the ability of molest the athletes who run by his side.

I think there are a good number of gays on track and field, but unlike other sports they rely on sponsorship unless you are a top athlete which makes more difficult to come out

[quote]R21: Would love to see what Grindr looks like in Tokyo during the Olympics.

For starters, it will be called “Glindl.”

[quote] he has the ability of molest the athletes who run by his side.

Say what?!

R51, which other gay men have competed in the 110 hurdles? The only one who comes to mind is Colin Jackson.

R54 Not in a sexual way, of course.

I remember Orlando Ortega complaining about how Omar moves his arms and invade other athletes space.

Nobody wants to run near him

R55 I remember a british one (not Colin) but he was not one of the best

Oh, r56. That clears it up.

Thanks, because I was very confused.

The diving trials have been this weekend. Mmmmmmm. Always the best part of the summer Olympics.

Tyler Downs, who won the three-meter springboard, is super beautiful. He's only 17 (for another month).

The hookups around the Olympic Village must be FANTASTIC, given they're all athletes.

Ah, to be that young and hot!

R55, Aries Merritt always pinged for me. Plus a bunch of second tier ones. Like, maybe not Olympians but ones who would make the US finals but finish 6th etc.

R43 @ R45

I’d never kiss and tell … all I’ll say is he sure dove right into my hole

R48 - we are both about 6’1 - 6’2 He was the top

It appears Sha’Carri Richardson is an out lesbian. Yes, I know this mention doesn’t follow OP’s rules, but since she will be contesting one of the marquee events of the Olympics (and will probably be one of the featured athletes) it’s worth a mention.

[quote] which other gay men have competed in the 110 hurdles? The only one who comes to mind is Colin Jackson.

Only Colin Jackson 110 (and Kerron Clement) have come out. Both after they retired, Jackson after denying it multiple for over two decades. There's very interesting old LSA thread by the wife of an agent who represented mainly sprinters. She said her husband would come home exhausted and complaining because of their private lives were a mess and he had to do some heavy-duty cleaning and play therapist all the time. I'll try and list the ones I remember over the years from her and otheer sources.

1. Kerron Clement 400m hurdles (retired) - gay & out

2. Colin Jackson 110m hurdles (retd) - gay & out

3. Carl Lewis 100m, 200m & Long Jump (retd) - sus

4. Aries Merrit 110m hurdles (retd) - sus

5. Jason Richardson110m hurdles (retd) - sus

6. Omar McLeod 110m hurdles - sus

7. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 110m hurdles - straight & married (though a few fans used to find him a little flamboyant)

8. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 800m - sus

9. Jean Galfione Pole Vault (retd) - sus but has been married to a woman for years

10. Kevin Mayer Decathlon - sus. Wasn't happy when a reporter asked him directly. Started mentioning and appearing everywhere with his girlfriend after that. She may or may not be a beard.

Now, as per LSA's wife of the agent: Tyson Gay (bi but truly one of the nicest men in track. May have sworn off guys after being cheated on repeatedly. With a woman, now) Maurice Greene (gay and likes young white boys) Linford Christie (straight and a cheater) Justin Gatlin (straight) ... I can't remember the rest.

Two more retired110m hurdlers just because they're handsome:

David Oliver - straight dad to multiple kids

Ryan Wilson - handsome. Know nothing about his private life.

Funny you mention Jason Richardson. Was on his Twitter feed the other day and yes, definitely sus. If he was 20 it would be typical gen z woke. But for a 32 year old, a lot of headscratching for a straight black man. Lots of female divas.

[quote] unless you are a top athlete which makes more difficult to come out

The tops usually have to do all the work. Bottoms can just lay there.

There must be something about hurdling: Retired Dominican gold medalist in the 400m hurdles Felix Sanchez could be bi, according to an old DL ghfdzc

I can tell you that Track & Field, Cycling and Wrestling have a very low incidence of gays.

How can you tell?

r72 that is funny because when I was in college I fucked four wrestlers.

To the person who posted the video - your clues would indicate a diver. You also said it was pre prep so before 2012 but still in a time where a cell phone can take a decent video - so a pretty narrow window of 2000-2008, you also inidcated the person was 6'1 or 6'2 which is rare for a diver. Most are smaller men. That would eliminate the Chinese. So if I filter on divers 6 feet and over you get...nothing. Which means he probably was not 6'1 or 6'2 but close to six feet. Drilling down to divers in that range we have - David Boudia - born again out of time frame Tom Dailey - gay but post prep Mathew Mitchem - 5'9" no one mistaking him for over 6 feet Alexandre Despatie - 5'8 Ilya Zakharov 5'10 but Russian...

so - was the guy not a US winner? Or was he a medalist before 2000?

Another suspicious hurdler is double Olympic Champion Felix Sanchez (400m H) of the Dominican Republic (but lives/lived in NYC.

"Tyler Downs, who won the three-meter springboard, is super beautiful. He's only 17 (for another month)."

Is he gay?

r77 You tell us. Why post him in this thread without info? This isn't a thread to speculate about your crush.

Unlikely, but theoretically a small chance this hot, out Argentinian basketballer could make their Olympic team.

^ He's hot

^ There are A LOT of really good looking people in Argentina.

This thread is useless without sizemeat verificatia.

None this year?

Arthur Nory is my ideal pocket gay, even if he is about to age out of gymnastics.

So this is about pinging and "smells cookies" and closeted athletes, and a little bit of "god, I wish" as well. What's the point then?

Who are the actual out gays? There's not that many.

Anton Down-Jenkins - New Zealand diver, gay and out

Maarten Hurkmans - Dutch rower, out as bisexual

^ Good for them! They're both cuties, too

Let's be honest. Gays in gymnastics or diving are not a surprise. We need them to show up in the marquee sports of track & field, swimming and cycling.

[QUOTE] Arthur Nory is my ideal pocket gay,

Mine too R84, but I’d be happy to share

Someone needs to start a Tokyo Olympics hotties thread. I won't do it for fear that it already exists and I'll be described as worse than Hitler.

R91 is worse than the 1936 Olympics

The U.S. Men's Gymnastics Team. There's some gay face going on with a few there.

Gay men’s gymnasts?

The hell you say.

"Let's be honest. Gays in gymnastics or diving are not a surprise. We need them to show up in the marquee sports of track & field, swimming and cycling."

Out gays are always a surprise.

Wow, r93. They're all smelling cookies. Except maybe the guy on the right.

Everybody knows that there are gays in gymnastics and diving but only a few are out.

It's curious that both brazilian gymnasts who won medals in Rio are gay

I used to date a shot put thower who was in the olympics. He didn't medal, but man what a lay. Big burly man all bottom

Ooh. Details. I am a huge Olympic track fan and need to know. Hints?

[quote]Everybody knows that there are gays in gymnastics and diving but only a few are out.

Which I guess is indicative of the fact that, even in 2021, there is still real fear that being gay and out will cost you lucrative endorsement deals.

^ Yes, even guys in queeny sports like ice skating often feel the need to closet themselves *coughevanlysacekcough*

Tom Bosworth has been selected to represent Great Britain in the 20 km race walk.

R100 That's not the problem on diving, gymnastics or ice skating. The problem are the juries, some of the people who are going to give them the scores came from less than gay friendly countries and most athletes fear lower scores that can cost them a medal or a good position.

Sponsors in these type of sports depend of a lot of things, specially the popularity and charisma of the athlete (even more than the results) and they are sports with a lot of gay fans, so coming out won't be a problem for sponsors

[quote] Tom Bosworth has been selected to represent Great Britain in the 20 km race walk.

The father from Happy Days?!

Good for him. It couldn’t have been easy to qualify at his age.

Other than the walk being a lame event, good for Tom Bosworth who's out and proud.

Out Italian Alex Di Giorgio represented the Italian swim team at the Olympics in London 2012 and Rio 2016. Not sure about this year.

R60 and R77, he follows the best of Grindr website, so likely gay.

The equestrian competition is highly stacked with gays.

^ Which site is that?

R108, I think R107 meant that he follows Best of Grindr profile on Instagram. Seeing if someone follows it is typically a straightforward way of seeing if they are gay. Of course, most other *out* gay men will be subscribed to numerous fitness models and other instaclones, and will probably have rainbows in various posts. But BoG is the easiest for someone without all that. It used to be integral for me to contribute to the “Who Will Come Out…” thread series.

It used to be even easier to identify, because IG used to put mutual followings at the top when you viewed someone’s following page. But now they mix things in for some reason. So you have to either scroll through the follow page and hope you don’t miss it, or actually follow them for easier access. I guess they wanted to prevent this very thing.

Thanks, r109. Any interesting or surprising followers you know? Hard to scroll down 2 million.

r107 Yes, horse riding is very gay.

R85 I posted a Canadian swimmer at R4. He qualified for the Olympics and is openly gay.

Anton Down-Jenkins, diver from New Zealand will compete in the Men's 3 m springboard. He recently came out.

R60 Tyler at a post-competition hotel party with Daley

Would be useful to have a list of out gay athletes and in what sports they're competing, so I know who to root for.

R12 I can't believe that volleyball is even an Olympic sport.

So so far for 2021

Anton Down-Jenkins in Diving, individual 3m springboard

Tom Daley in Diving, individual 10 m platform and in the synchro 10m platform

Markus Thormeyer in swimming, 100 and 200m backstroke

Tom Bosworth in athletics, 20 km race walking

Hans Peter Minderhoud, dressage

Edward Gal, dressage

Carl Hester, dressage

Who else?

[quote] dressage

I didn’t know that was an Olympic sport.

I’m gonna get my best suit and try out.

R75 I was incorrect, he didnt dive into my hole… he sped swam into it lol

He’s won 3 or more gold medals in various games and in the Olympic the year he won gold he won two other medals too.

Come on, I know you can figure this polite mans identity

R117 What about that Finnish swimmer mentioned above?

R114 It's worrisome that someone is able to see something sexual in that kiss. It tells more of the dirty mind of the guy who wrote it than about the guys

R120 yes, add him. Now selected by Finnish Olympic Committee

R119, so we're looking for a swimmer who won 1 gold medal and two other medals of different colors at one Olympics.

Mark Tewksbury?

Oh wait, MT won one of his medals in a different year. So not Mark? Come on, r119. Inquiring minds want to know!

So Tyler Downs probably already slept with Tom Daley already even though he was just 15...

R126 Come on, be serious, that peck in front of everybody looked more like a bet than anything sexual

[quote] and two other medals of different colors

What difference does the color of the medals make? Mmmm hmmm. I’ve got my eye on you.

[quote] So Tyler Downs probably already slept with Tom Daley already even though he was just 15...

…already.

This Brazilian valleyballer. He was already in 2016 Olympic team IIRC

Lesbians dominate the out gay demographic at the Olympics.

Wow, r131. That list is all lesbians apart from the odd diver and equestrian. But is it really far-fetched to imagine lesbians dominate sports the way gay men (even if closeted) dominate entertainment?

^ It's also true that lesbians are less likely to be closeted because there isn't the hostility towards them in the sports world that there is towards gay men

As someone mentioned above, men's sports environments tend to be very conservative and very stereotypical locker room shit - no matter what the sport.

Casual homophobia is the norm. I would have to think there's also some pressure to not be out if you want to maximize your endorsements. Things may be finally changing, but I would tend to think just marginally.

A lot of team members hang out with each other outside of practice - just how long can you do that as a gay man?

Women's sports environments seem to be more open and supportive and team-like. I could see how lesbians feel a better fit in that environment.

Why do lesbians dominate sports like softball but not gymnastics or figure skating? Or they too manly for gymnastics and figure skating?

R135 I think you just answered your own question.

R131 Because society is more open minded towards lesbians. It's easier for them to come out. Also, lesbians are more masculine so they gravitate toward sports. And there is less money at stake in women's sports, so easier to come out.

R131 It's easier for women to come out in general. Take for example tv shows. You have more lesbian characters on tv and in movies, unlike gay male characters. The lesbians get to kiss and have sex while the gay men get very little screen time and very few get to have sex, let alone kiss.

Gymnastics does not have a lot of gay athletes. Name them if they do?

Markus Thormeyer seems like a real sweetheart. I'm rooting for him.

R137 That's not true.

R139 Wrong, there are few openly gay gymnasts but that's just for the same reason there are only a few openly gay divers. It's a sport where you need to score high, and the judges are a lot of times from homophobic countries.

On gymnastics it's quite easy to discuss your D score because it's based in something objective, but the execution score is a totally different thing and you could lose medals if there are several judges who are not keen to you just for being out

R141 It absolutely is true.

Matty Lee called Tom his “lovely work husband” in a recent IG story and praised DLB’s book, which Matty is apparently reading. Although he is officially straight, I like to imagine (nightly) Matty’s curiosity getting the better of him. Although that would probably make their actual work relationship awkward. Maybe.

Do we have an official Olympics thread for Tokyo? The games are only a week away.

In my dreams, many of the players on the mens water polo teams are gay. I have a vivid fantasy life.

r145 Water polo is very macho from what I've heard.

R145 and R146 A Spanish water polo player came out a few years ago. I think he's retired though, that's why he's noton the out Olympians list.

Found him.

R147 No, he is not retired. In fact he was in the news recently because he was fed up with receiving homophobic insults and he accused a rival who was fined after that.

And he was in a popular tv show recently helping the contestants.

I think he is not in the spanish team anymore but he is active (and probably the most popular waterpolo player here)

R106 Di Giorgio won't take part in this Olympics as he just came out of his 8-month ban for testing positive for Ostarine (SARMs), and plus I don't think he reached the qualifications anyway.

r148 Here's an article about what r149 is talking about. Team sports, especially, are not 100% welcoming to gay men.

R151, yum!

Damn, he's hot. Nice furry chest.

R151 That's sad. Water polo is the gayest team sport ever. If that sport isn't welcoming to gays, no sport is. And people wonder why so many lesbian athletes come out compared to gays... here is your answer.

^ Actually, water polo is not considered gay at all. It's full of swaggering machos. I'd say the gayest team sport is probably volleyball - but only in America.

R151, he’s absolutely gorgeous. So hot to see a hunky gay waterpolo player

r137 r138 you are fucking insane. How is it easier for a lesbian than a gay man. It is the same fucking experience. You are pushing your narrative on people you don't know. My bff in college is a lesbian, she played softball. The whole team was straight except for her. She was terrified of coming out due to her strict catholic mother. I was her beard for HS and most of college and she was mine. We were a couple to both our families. It just made it easier to live. When I wanted to come out to mine she begged me to wait, She was not ready. So no it is not easier for lesbians.

And yet look at the number of WNBA players who are out. If it's so hard for them, why aren't they in the closet?

I'm not saying that prejudice towards lesbians doesn't exist at all in sports - it does. I know there was a women's basketball coach at Penn State who made anti-lesbian comments. But the reason why gay men find it so hard to come out in sports is macho culture and the insecurity of straight men who are freaked out that a gay guy might get a brief glimpse of their naked bodies.

R157 In general i don't buy the it's easier for woman because it's not true, being a straight men sexual fantasy doesn't make things easier in rea life and they add the discrimination for being lesbian to the discrimination for being women.

But on sports is different, it's pretty clear they are more accepting, first because woman generally are way less insecure about themselves and have less problems accepting people who are different and second because there are a lot less money involved in most women's sports (specially on team sports).

A male gay athlete will face a lot of pressure to stay in the closet, if he is in an individual sport just for image or facing homophobia from peers and if he is in a team sport the pressure is even way higher because more people depend on him.

I think the number of gay pro athletes is considerably lower than in other professions because the whole enviroment tends to exclude them.

And we have some examples of athletes coming out and people are never satisfied, or they are not good enough, or not hot enough or not the right kind of gay. So the only reason to come out is really wanted it (or because you really needed it)

Olympic gymnast Alec Yoder is not gay, but he sure knows how to satisfy his many gay fans in this Instagram post.

Mens water polo is a gay sport in fantasy only. I've always heard it's loaded with macho lunkheads, but I'm happy to watch them try to drown each other, er, put the ball in the net. Their physiques are pretty much perfect (and many don't shave their bodies, so, bonus!).

Of course it's a very macho sport. That's the problem with all team sports.

Of course being a macho sport and being an homophobic enviroment are different things, rugby is a way more macho sport than soccer but way more open to gay players too

No hanky panky.

R163 I guess the shot putter would have some issues

Yeah, because the world’s most athletic people can’t handle having sex standing up.

🙄

R163 hot gymnast jumps on the bed and says it’s fake news so I guess they can fuck freely

Oh I am so glad he and others can have all the sex they can get! I am sure he will be a popular partner.

Cute twink Rhys has a really good vlog on life inside the Olympic village.

Rhys is adorable, but there appears to be a woman crawling all over him on his IG 🥴

Dutch 4x400 relay team member Ramsey Angela

Rhys is not gay so why are we talking about him in this thread?

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen was Finland's flagbearer today

Ah, if you set Grindr on the location of Olympic Village, you can spot a couple of athletes...I recognized one.

R172 WHO?

R4 I bet Thomas Vanderbrook is keen to Make America Great Again.

R173 A German diver. Well, he is using his real first name and pics from the Olympic pool. So not really hiding.

R172, all lies!!!! No athletes are gay!!!

r10 Ooh I knew about Steele but I hadnt heard that rumour about David Boudia!

R175 Is it “Don’t call me Gay!” Timo

Are there any male Olympians with Onlyfans channels?

Hunky Chad Le Clos? The hot South African? Please

R178 ahaha yes. I didn't know he came out as human

There's a small NZ diver.

[quote] I didn't know he came out as human.

So before this he was secretly human?

Unfortunately cute pocket gay Arthur Nory failed gymnastic final qualifications despite being world champion.

The cute swimmer from Tonga.

Of course, the most popular athlete from Tonga is still...................

R184, awww poor Arthur. I love how he gave his boyfriend Jõao and dogs (Tokyo/Dog-yo and Rita Lee) a shout out, as well as throwing a rainbow thingy on a pic of gay olympians Gus and Adam in his IG stories.

Must be hard though. At 27, he’s probably aged out of the sport AND it happened in Japan, his land of heritage.

R184 Well, he was very lucky in the Rio floor final.

Unless you are Simone Biles there's no margin for errors

Twink Rhys made it to event finals in pommel horse, as did hunk Alec Yoder.

^ Are they gay?

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen has been out for years and is my future husband.

I could spend hours worshipping his pecs.

Oh, Ari-Pekka...

R186 - I don't care. I am still not bowing...

R190, sadly no. They are just eye candy for gays.

Anyone ever feel there are closeted women in sports? To me, Simona Halep and Venus Williams seem to be lesbians but they also live and function in social circles where this would be unthinkable.

Also, sorry OP...I only now read the no lesbian or trans idea of this thread. 🤦‍♀️

Of course there are closeted women in sports, not all sports are the same and of course the personal enviroment has a lot of influence, but there are way more closeted male athletes, basically because 99% of the gay athletes are in the closet

What happened to Dustin Lance's husband?

Will he win gold this time?

R197 - yeah, for sure. Even though female same-sex attraction is a bit less frowned upon in general, we are talking from a US perspective.

Also, after 2 years here and getting to know the locals, I can't believe that this isn't a bearding arrangement. No straight woman here has a secret, matter-of-fact, no photos wedding. The location, the groom...all obviously staged by her people. One guy, all her life. With all the good looking men she could have.

R198. He is still there. Medal contender but Chinese divers are favorite for gold.

How many gay male Olympians have come down with the covid from hooking up by now? I'm not finding the stats.

Markus Thormeyer didn't qualify for the finals in 100 m backstroke. He has one more chance Wednesday in 200 m backstroke.

No comments about the USA Men’s volleyball team?

Those cute gays, errr guys are all straight ?

Let's remember the first openly gay medal winner:

The 32-year-old Australian won a gold medal in the 10-meter platform diving at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Not only was he the first Australian man to win a diving gold since 1924, he was the first openly gay man to win an Olympic medal.

As someone said earlier grinder seems to be quite active at the village. Plenty of dudes on there some not hiding.

What guys?!!!!

May I ask a frank question?

Does anyone actually care about this Olympics?

R208: I’m not sure why as I usually follow it and love watching but I haven’t bothered to watch anything yet and don’t really care. Something about no spectators puts me off. Also, I might be wrong but I think a lot of athletes didn’t go or couldn’t go so it feels a bit like a half-arsed competition where getting a medal won’t mean quite the same as past Olympics when every top athlete in each sport was there, like a lot of the tennis grand slams of the last 18 months.

I think that every athlete who wins a medal will consider it precious, as they should - a reward for hard work and dedication, especially in the sports where they compete for love and not the money. This is why I couldn't care less about basketball, tennis, etc, where the pros of the world, who have their own prestigious championships and paydays, deign to grace the Olympics. Kudos to the amateurs! Win those medals and be proud.

r198 This will almost certainly be Dalys last Olympics.I think within 12 months of the olympics he will announce he is to be a father for a second time.

I love the Olympics. It is the only time I watch some sports I would never otherwise care about like skateboarding. Years of hard work! It is nice to see it pay off.

I do watch mainly to see the worlds diverse and beautiful people. Certain sports like swimming and track I do enjoy watching though.

DL fave Tom D did it!

Gay swimmer Markus Thormeyer got 4th place in relay with three other Canadian swimmers. It was a Canadian record if I'm not mistaken.

Fourth place is for losers.

The Olympics TikTok streams have been amazing. A complete behind the scenes view, lots of fun personalities. Also, who knew men's volleyball was full of so many gays!!!!!

Just saw Michael Phelps on Today show - sporting an acutal beard - it took the Frankenstein edge off his face - Momma gota chub looking at him.

The hell with all the hugging in US mens volleyball? I guess I'm not really complaining -- there's some nice eye candy there -- but it really slows down the game. Huddle up quick to talk tactics then get back to business. (The ROC team seemed far less huggy -- and attractive.) I also have to laugh at all the hugging in mens gymnastics. Well, faux hugging -- complete your routine, head to sideline and hug your teammates as fast as possible with as little actual touching as possible.

Well, a gay brought the Gold in diving.

R220 Who?

Tom Daley

Who on his US volleyball team is gay?

R223 Erik Shoji, the libero

Erica Sullivan who finished second to Ledecky in the 1500 freestyle is a Lesbian according to Wikipedia.

R225 Read the OP. I don't give a fuck about dykes as most dykes are manly and naturally attracted to sports. Hence why there are so many lesbians in the Olympics. They are a dime a dozen. Nothing special. Lesbians are also more accepted than gay men in society, so it's easier for them to come out. Last but not least nobody gives a shit about women's sports. There is much less money involved, which also makes it easier for them to come out. Again: read the goddamn OP. This is a site for GAY MEN. Nobody gives a shit about dykes. I will block you now. You ruined this thread.

R226 I'm tired of this bullshit, it's a blatant lie that lesbians are more accepted than gays in society, it's simply not true.

But they are more accepted on sports

R227 Maybe not accepted but there is some truth to the fact that society often doesn't see lesbians as real women and gay men as real men . Most sports have a masculine branding so having lesbians in sport fits a stereotype, especially in certain sports, while is doesn't work like that with gay men . And then people expect gay men in more artistic sports like Figure skating .

Society finds lesbians less threatening and more palatable

R229 That's not true. Lesbians suffer more discrimination.

Lesbians only are palatable as a straight male fantasy and most lesbians doesn't fit that mold.

And there's a reason beyond stereotypes why they are more accepted in sports and it's that simple as there are less money in female sports (not all but almost), the more professional the enviroment the more pressure to fit the mold.

And i'm talking beyond homosexuality, a soccer player who dates an average women (someone who doesn't look like a model) will probably face insults and mockery online (unless he doesn't fit the mold of superstar). They are forgiven of everything except not fitting the fantasies of some fans

Lesbians don't suffer more discrimination - there are countries that banned male homosexuality but not lesbian sex....I can't think of a country that singled out lesbian acts while allowing male homosexuality to be legal.

That's not to say that lesbians suffer no discrimination or have it easy. They don't. But most politicians are straight men and they are more threatened by gay men than lesbians

People are using grindr to try to out Olympic athletes

R232 So anyone willing to do the work and name names .

R226 Doesn’t it have something to do with testosterone? And testosterone is a huge advantage in spots. lesbians=high testosterone=manly? Gays=….

R232 Omg, what’s the hashtag?

R234, there isn't really much evidence that gays have less testosterone than straight men or that lesbians have more than straight women

R236 Please, educated yourself, link below:”All-sample meta-analysis showed increased testosterone in sexual minority women compared to heterosexual women.” Meanwhile somegays struggle to grow a beard at all….

R237 Sorry but that shit looks like something from the 50's.

And you know, not all gays and lesbians are the same, so if some lesbians have more testosterone so do some straigth women

could we please get back to the grindr olympics. That's the content we're here for .

How do we find the TikToks that out athletes???

Lesbians are far more accepted as teachers, especially coaches, than gay males. Far, far more.

Outing some of those athletes is the same that putting their life in danger

R242 please, showing their faces on Grindr while competing in the Olympics is their CHOICE

Tom Daley is out and his life isn't "in danger"

I don't think these guys should be outed but it's a little hysterical to pretend they're all going to be murdered if people know they're gay

It also perpetuates the idea that being gay is so horrible that you have to hide .

Are you really that stupid? I'm talking about athletes from countries where being gay it means jail time or something worse.

And not being something to hide doesn't change the fact that it's their choice to tell it

R246, you don't know where these athletes are from, the article didn't specify. Are you really that stupid?

And, btw, you have the right to lie about your sexuality but you don't have the right to force others to lie for you

Tom Daley looked hot asf winning his Gold. Dayum.

Did anybody see Lance screech like a big ol flaming kween when Tom won?

Ah, this again. It happens every Olympics. Some assholes are trying to out athletes who are using Grindr.

The only sort of name I could find on twitter was the German diver who isn't gay but into humans . he was already mentioned as being on grindr here in an Olympics thread

Tom Daley was yummy.

So did anyone see any names?

[quote] Did anybody see Lance screech like a big ol flaming kween when Tom won?

No. I turn my face away whenever he appears on screen.

R251, yep, he is.

Mike Hixon? Diver just won Silver. Seems like fam.

Sorry Andrew Capabianco the cute ginger diver, not Mike Hixon.

[quote] the German diver who isn't gay but into humans .

Say what?

R257 Here you go

So no one's gonna help us find these TikToks?

Tom's life is not in danger because he lives in a country where they don't throw you off the roof for being gay. Not so much in other parts of the world.

R260, not does he live in a country where evangelicals threaten to stone him

Or burn him to death

Neither does the German diver who waffles around with claimes of being into humans .

R247 Are you really that idiot? This happened last olympics and the genius journalist that did it had to apologize.

First, outing is not cool, second the chances are that at least a couple of these athletes are from countries where homosexuality is forbidden and just wanted to enjoy some freedom now that they can

R264, you don't know where they're from. You just want to be a hysterical idiot and defend the closet

R265 You are simply too dumb to function.

If you are so worried with closeted you can out some polititians

Maybe if you live your life you wouldn't be so worried about who some olympic athletes are fucking

R266, you're the one who is acting like a hysterical Mary by pretending anyone who is outed will immediately be murdered.

again , could please we go back to gays in the Olympics

Mike Hixon seems like fam, too, R256. Or perhaps I just want him to be. Good on him for working toward an MBA. I always wonder what athletes DO when their sports careers are over. They can't ALL go into coaching or broadcasting or giving inspirational speeches at corporate retreats.

R269 I think it depends on the sport and the athlete . Is the sport at least remotely popular enough to make it into a live broadcast and was the athlete reasonably successful, popular and has a personality then it's probably going to be a commentator job .

R34 And Ari-Pekka Liukkonen is 6'10". As a 5'4" shorty...the extreme height difference between us fascinates me.

So IS diver Andrew C family or nah?

[quote] I always wonder what athletes DO

Yes, but this thread is about WHO the athletes DO.

Is Steele Johnson actually family, or is it just a meme?

He sure has a gay pron name

R274 He's suffers from same sex attraction .

Andrew Copabianco looks like a flaming homo (with a really delicious looking ass and probably a very pretty pink hole)

Andrew is really cute with a nice, perfect body.

R269, Mike Hixon has a girlfriend, who's in pics on his Instagram.

r173 was it Lars or Patrick?

R258 Thanks for posting that. I didn't realise that he had his own thread.

He's very easy to find on Grindr in the OLV.

ps. He was. He's gone now.

Capobianco really fucking blew it in the finals. Two of his six dives were amateur hour.

He's the biggest embarrassment of this Olympics - not Simone Biles.

Does TJ DeFalco of the US mens volleyball team need a hug after their ouster the other day? Because I have arms. (I have no idea if he's gay or straight, but the view is awfully nice.)

R283 Simone Biles won two medals, that's hardly and embarrassement

Who needs figure skating when we have field hockey?

[quote]Would love to see what Grindr looks like in Tokyo during the Olympics.

Probably:

[quote]I vaguely remember something in the news or somewhere about Grindr at the last Olympics, but I couldn’t remember what it was all about.

r288 Is there a way to read the original article?

I think he erased it after the backlash he received.

Frankly i don't know what he expected because everthing about the story sounded homophobic

(R289) yea he deleted if that came out. You could only get get summary of it. Maybe if someone is really good they can find it since nothing ever leaves the internet, but it’s hard to find.

Gay Dutch 400 metre runner, Ramsey Angela, ran a fantastic final leg, overhauling the Botswanans in thew final hundred metres to snatch a silver. Cute pic of him with his boyfriend.

He was fantastic

Spanish 50 km walk Marc Tur, he was probably out before but he was not a known athlete, that change after being fourth in the race. He is only the second out athlete representing Spain in all history of the games

Gay Irish Olympian brutally attacked in Dublin.

He's a taekwondo athlete.

Did I miss it or has the Olympic swimmer in R41's post not been named yet?

R41/R119, if the guy is an American I think I've figured out who it is. Since you're not going to name him, I won't either. He was pretty cute when he was younger and sounded sexy in your video. Good on ya, mate! If you're not going to name him you can at least tell us how you met.

Why is the swimmer at R41 not shaved for competition?

R41 R119 I think I've figured out who it is too.

R294 Seems like Outsports doesn't speak Spanish . Or they're pissed he didn't give them the exclusive .

R300 Well, it's all over the press in Spain. He made a surprsing good career and a dissapointing final ending fourth, and he is a doctor which makes a good story.

The truth is he was out before the Olympics but he was practically unknown

r287 So which sport do we reckon has the highest proportion of gay male olympians participating?

r298 r299 Who is it please or at least a cryptic clue or hint detail like nationality or year they were in the Olympics?

If it is US - Nathan Adrian? Anthony Earvin?

r304 I'm not sure depends how to correctly interpret the criteria r41 r119 laid out.

I am taking it to mean this swimmer has won lots of gold but only one Olympic gold. If that is right then it can't be those two because they either won more than one gold and or they didn't win two more Olympic medals(non gold) at the same olympics as they won the gold. I am also wondering if the word polite is a clue or play on words.

Very true r305. Based on the many medals but one gold it could be Chase Kalisz but he doesn’t give me the vibe.

Polite….. now you’ve really got me thinking. I am intrigued!!

French swimmer Jeremy Stravius is openly gay but he doesn't fit the parameters. He won a gold medal and a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, not a gold and two other medals.

r306 Whoever posted the video mentioned it was pre prep medication but clearly the era of mobile phone videoing.

However he doesn't say if they had sex when they were an olympian or after. Eg someone who got a gold medal in Olympic swimming in 1996 or 1992 say but had sex with the poster between 2000 and 2008 ?

I take it to mean that the top in question won at least one gold medal and two other medals of different colors at one Olympic competition. Here are the swimmers who fit that filter from 1988 to 2012:

1988:

Matt Biondi (USA)

1992:

Alexander Popov (Unified Team - Russia)

1996:

Alexander Popov (RUS) Gary Hall Jr. (USA)

2000:

Ian Thorpe (AUS) Gary Hall Jr (USA) Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)

2004: Michael Phelps Ian Thorpe (AUS)

2008: Phelps Ryan Lochte

2012: Phelps Lochte

This list in R309 are swimmers who won at least 2 gold medals and 2 other medals of different colors in one games. Will compile the list of those who won only 1 gold medals but two other medals in one games.

Two others to add to R309 is Michael Klim (AUS) in 2000.

And Nathan Adrian in 2016.

r309 r310 Thank you

apart from Ian Thorpe who iss openly gay now are any of the others rumored to be gay?

Only Nathan Adrian had rumours but he is now married with a baby. So perhaps not.

None of the others seem likely. Drop us another hint so we can research it!!

[quote] but he is now married with a baby. So perhaps not.

Are you a woman?

r314 Oh I do hope someone solves it soon!!

Timo Barthel seems to have given up on pretending to be into humans and has started to thirst over Tom Daley in Tom's instagram comments.

R317 Are you suggesting I am not an human?

r317 Really? What's he saying?

Nathan, wife and baby.

He always seemed to have a bit of gay face to me.

R10 - Oh honey, that closet is made out of glass and sheers.

r321 Indeed! Any idea who the olympic gold medalist swimmer is in r41 video and described with clues in r119 ?

R322, R41 already said he wasn't going to tell us who it is. So even if we guessed right, we wouldn't get confirmation.

The guy in R41 could be Ian Thorpe. In pictures of Thorpe online, taken when his chest was not shaved, he has a chest hair pattern that looks similar to that on the guy in the video.

In particular, down the center of his torso between his abs and around his belly button. Look at the video in R41 and the picture below.

r324 r325 Thank you very much! You could be onto the elusive answer!

Fair enough r323 Do you have a guess ?

Mark Spitz

Mark Spits, but Jerod Swallow (ok maybe not a gay)

American Skater Jason Brown must be gay

R325, could totally be him. Would be nice to be fucked by him

[quote] American Skater Jason Brown must be gay

You think?

^he could’ve been hacked. Have you ever heard him speak? He doesn’t have gayvoice.

R329 the number of out skaters this year is higher than usual. Brown and French Aymoz in Men. Eric Radford, Le Duc and Ambrosini in Pairs. Cizeron, Poirier, Gibson, the Canadian skating for Armenia in Ice Dance.