Ten openly gay athletes won medals at the London Olympics. Seven of them took the gold. Cyd Ziegler at
SB Nation has the recap:
GOLD:
Seimone Augustus [above center], USA, Basketball. The U.S. women's
basketball team was arguably the most dominant team in any sport at
these Olympics.
GOLD:
Carl Hester, Great Britain, Equestrian. Hester and his two teammates won
Great Britain's first-ever Team Dressage gold. Hester finished fifth
overall in the individual competition.
GOLD:
Marilyn Agliotti, Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel, Kim Lammers, Maartje
Paumen, Netherlands, Field Hockey. The Dutch women beat Argentina, 2-0,
in the gold medal match. Paumen and Dirkse van den Heuvel scored the
team's two goals.
GOLD:
Megan Rapinoe, USA, Soccer. The Americans beat Japan, 2-1, in the gold
medal match. Rapinoe had a key pass in the game. She also had two big
goals in the semifinal match. Coach Pia Sundhage is also openly lesbian.
SILVER:
Judith Arndt, Germany, Cycling. Arndt was the first out athlete to win a
medal in London, taking silver in the road race time trial.
BRONZE:
Edward Gal, Netherlands, Equestrian. Gal was on the bronze-medal team
for Team Dressage; He finished ninth overall in the individual event.
BRONZE: Lisa Raymond, USA, Tennis. Raymond and partner Mike Bryan won the mixed doubles bronze medal.
Ziegler adds:
"If Team Gay was a country, it would have finished 31st overall with
seven medals, tied with Mexico, Ethiopia and Georgia. They would have
beaten the medal count of such countries as Jamaica, Ireland, Argentina
and India. They would have finished 21st overall for most golds (four),
tied with Iran, Jamaica, Czech Republic and Korea."
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