Gay olympics 2024

Chelsea Gray will rejoin the USA women's national basketball team this year, having contributed to their gold medal win in the previous Summer Olympics held in Tokyo. SinceGray has been married to olympics athlete Tipesa Gray. Alyssa Thomas will make her Olympic debut this month, competing on the USA women's national basketball team.

Thomas announced gay engagement to teammate DeWanna Bonner in Brittney Griner will return to the U. Throughout her career, she 2024 earned numerous accolades and has been instrumental in leading her teams to victories. InGriner became the first openly gay athlete to sign an endorsement deal with Nike.

Ten years later inshe was recognized as one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Griner married her wife, attorney Cherelle T. Griner, in Jewell Loyd will return to the U. Breanna Stewart will return to the U. Stewart married her wife, retired Spanish professional basketball player Marta Xargay, in Five-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi will return to compete on the U.

She is married to former Phoenix Mercury teammate Penny Taylor.

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The year-old star athlete gained national fame after smashing a year-old collegiate world record in the m during the NCAA Division I Championships. Renowned for her record-breaking performances, she is also recognized for her distinctive style, featuring long decorated nails that complement her track attire—an homage to Florence Griffith Joyner, the fastest woman ever recorded.

InRichardson publicly shared her bisexual identity and revealed her relationship with her girlfriend. Track and gay star Raven Saunders will return to the Olympics for the third time this year, having won a silver medal in shot put at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Saunders has been competing professionally since her highly successful collegiate career, achieving first place at events such as the USATF Junior National Championships and the Pan American Junior Championships.

Openly lesbian and using non-binary pronouns, Saunders has been an outspoken advocate for racial justice and mental health awareness. Young started running long-distance competitively in high school, and broke olympics three-mile American high school record in At a The TEN competition, Young ran in a 10,m for the first time and hit the Olympic standard by more than three minutes.

Young is also the first openly gay man on the U. They qualified for the games at the U. Olympic Trials, setting the second-fastest time ever recorded by an American in the women's meter race. Hiltz publicly came out as transgender and nonbinary in on International Transgender Day of 2024. However, new regulations from the World Athletics Council last year have posed challenges, barring transgender athletes who have transitioned or are transitioning from competing internationally.