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01-10-2018, 06:42 PM
Meet the first openly gay man to compete for the U.S. in the Winter Olympics
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Figure skater Adam Rippon will be the first openly gay man to compete for the United States in the Winter Olympics.*
The 28-year-old celebrated qualifying for the Games, which take place in February in South Korea, in a tweet on Tuesday evening.
I am so excited to be going to my first Olympics in a few weeks. Being the first out🏳️*🌈 male selected to represent the 🇺🇸 at a Winter Olympic Games is awesomehttps://t.co/HpSHUr4uvP
— Adam Rippon (@Adaripp) January 10, 2018 (https://twitter.com/Adaripp/status/950892018552651777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
He'll join twice national champion Nathan Chen and 2017 world junior champion Vincent Zhou to represent the U.S in figure skating.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/adam-rippon-winter-olympics/)
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Figure skater Adam Rippon will be the first openly gay man to compete for the United States in the Winter Olympics.*
The 28-year-old celebrated qualifying for the Games, which take place in February in South Korea, in a tweet on Tuesday evening.
I am so excited to be going to my first Olympics in a few weeks. Being the first out🏳️*🌈 male selected to represent the 🇺🇸 at a Winter Olympic Games is awesomehttps://t.co/HpSHUr4uvP
— Adam Rippon (@Adaripp) January 10, 2018 (https://twitter.com/Adaripp/status/950892018552651777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
He'll join twice national champion Nathan Chen and 2017 world junior champion Vincent Zhou to represent the U.S in figure skating.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/adam-rippon-winter-olympics/)
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