Over 160 LGBTQ athletes will compete at Olympics, setting global record

[Come_Hither1]

From New Zealand to Brazil, these out athletes are lifting, diving and kicking their way into the spotlight at the Tokyo Games.


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Top row: Laurel Hubbard, Michelle-Lee Ahye. Center: Megan Rapinoe. Bottom row: Shawn Barber, Rachele Bruni.



Postponed by the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Summer Olympics will finally take place in Tokyo from July 23 to Aug. 8. But they’ll be different from any other Games — and not just because spectators are being prohibited.

There will be record participation by out LGBTQ athletes: at least 163, according to Outsports, nearly triple the 56 who participated in the 2016 Summer Games in Rio. About 34 will be from the U.S., including five members of the women’s basketball team and four members of the women’s soccer team.


The article has sections on:

Rachele Bruni - Open Swimming / Italy, Isadora Cerullo - Rugby Sevens / Brazil, Shawn Barber - Pole Vault / Canada, Jack Woolley - Taekwondo / Ireland, Dutee Chand - Track & Field / India, Megan Rapinoe - Soccer / United States, Tom Daley - Diving / Great Britain, Quinn - Soccer / Canada, Nick Wagman - Dressage / United States, Michelle-Lee Ahye - Track & Field / Trinidad and Tobago, Douglas Souza - Volleyball / Brazil, and Laurel Hubbard - Weightlifting / New Zealand



you can read the article at:

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/160-lgbtq-athletes-will-compete-olympics-setting-global-record-rcna1495
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[stickygirl]

UK's very own pin up boy Tom Daley and Matty Lee take gold in diving. Surely any Mum would be proud if her son brought him home for tea

 

[Scareltt]

Would it have to be just tea?

UK's very own pin up boy Tom Daley and Matty Lee take gold in diving. Surely any Mum would be proud if her son brought him home for tea

With a smile, body, and personality like his.. I’d have a few other ideas.

 

[lauraskitty]

USWNT wins bronze at Olympics as Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd step up

US women's soccer team was slammed, and Megan Rapinoe singled out as "the woman with purple hair," and said she played "terribly," despite scoring two of the US's four goals — including a rare corner kick goal known as an "olympico" — on Thursday.

Rapinoe conceded that the US women's soccer team "just didn't have our juice," but said the team found it's "joy" and "freedom" during the game on Thursday.

"Eventually we'll have to do the debrief and figure out why we played five bad games and had one good game in the tournament," she said.



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Carli Lloyd #10 of the USWNT celebrates after scoring a goal during the bronze medal match of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics against Australia at Kashima Soccer Stadium on August 5 in Kashima, Japan.



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Carli Lloyd #10 of the USWNT celebrates her goal with Megan Rapinoe during the bronze medal match of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics against Australia at Kashima Stadium on August 5 in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan.



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Carli Lloyd #10 of the USWNT celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the bronze medal match of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics against Australia at Kashima Soccer Stadium on August 5 in Kashima, Japan.



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Players of the USWNT celebrate winning the bronze medal match against and Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at Kashima Stadium on August 5 in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan.



you can read more here:

USWNT wins bronze at Olympics as Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd step up
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/08/05/uswnt-gets-olympic-bronze-carli-lloyd-megan-rapinoe-each-score-twice/5494696001/









I like this photo of Meg Rapinoe and her fiancé Sue Bird


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[stickygirl]

Megan's an amazing player

The UK's had a couple of couples in Olympics with Megan Jones and partner Celia Quansah playing in the Women's Rugby but previously Kate and Helen Richarson-Walsh who played in the gold medal winning team in 2016