Aug 13, 2012

Olympics ReCap

A couple of weeks ago I posted a list of 18 out and proud Olympians, did you watch their performances? Upon further research 5 gay athletes were added to the list. How did we do?

Seimone Augustus brought home GOLD with the US Womens Basketball team, as did Megan Rapinoe with the US Soccer team and Carl Hester, a Great Britain equestrian. Marilyn Agliotti, Carlien Dirkse van den Heuval, Maartje Paumen and Kim Lammers also took GOLD with the Netherlands field hockey team.

Judith Arndt took SILVER for Germany in cycling. Edward Gal took BRONZE as a Netherlands equestrian as did Lisa Raymond for US Tennis.

Out of 23 athletes, 10 medaled. If Team Gay were an actual team that would place them right above the Czech Republic with 24th place overall. All in all I think THAT is something for the LGBT community to be proud of.