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Gus Kenworthy: 'Coming out as gay shouldn't be newsworthy'
Gus Kenworthy: 'Coming out as gay shouldn't be newsworthy'
By Tom Sweetman, for CNN
@cnnsport
Updated 11:21 AM ET, Fri January 29, 2016
(CNN)—Gus Kenworthy announced his homosexuality to the world via a glossy magazine cover. ... The freestyle skier, who won silver at the 2014 Winter Olympics, was slapped across the front of ESPN's pages in October last year.
His first words to the publication were: "I guess I should start by saying, 'I'm gay.'"
The 24-year-old American's story brought him to international attention, with messages of support flooding in from the likes of pop star Miley Cyrus and former NBA player Jason Collins.
Yet, despite the positive reception he received, Kenworthy hopes such extensive coverage of future coming-out stories in sport will be rare.
By Tom Sweetman, for CNN
@cnnsport
Updated 11:21 AM ET, Fri January 29, 2016
(CNN)—Gus Kenworthy announced his homosexuality to the world via a glossy magazine cover. ... The freestyle skier, who won silver at the 2014 Winter Olympics, was slapped across the front of ESPN's pages in October last year.
His first words to the publication were: "I guess I should start by saying, 'I'm gay.'"
The 24-year-old American's story brought him to international attention, with messages of support flooding in from the likes of pop star Miley Cyrus and former NBA player Jason Collins.
Yet, despite the positive reception he received, Kenworthy hopes such extensive coverage of future coming-out stories in sport will be rare.
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