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47% of out LGBT athletes won an Olympic medal in Rio

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Of the 53 publicly out LGBT athletes, 25 of them won a medal including 10 gold. From: OutSports Britney Griner and Elena Della Donne won gold for Team USA women's basketball. Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports Almost half of the publicly out LGBT athletes competing in the Rio Olympics won a medal, which is a drastically higher percentage than the athletes in general. All told, 25 of the 53 publicly out athletes, a full 47% -- won a medal, including 10 athletes winning gold. In 2012, about 40% of the publicly out LGBT athletes won medals, as Team LGBT did very well for itself at the Summer Olympics in London. This number is even higher, thanks in part to the success of the Swedish women's soccer team and the American women's basketball team, which combined account for almost a third of the athletes winning medals. It is odd that being publicly out would translate to Olympic success in two straight Summer Games. You have wonder if there is a correlation. Gold Medals Nicola Adams G...

Over a dozen LGBTI Olympians have barely missed out on medals in Rio

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About a dozen LGBTI Olympians have barely missed out on an Olympic medal in Rio finishing in the top 10, some of them finishing fourth. From: OutSports Larissa Franca Maestrini came within a set of a bronze medal. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images While we don't yet know the final medal count for Team LGBTI, we do know that there are tons of out Olympians with top-10 finishes who barely missed out on a medal. German discus thrower Nadine Müller finished sixth in her event with a distance of 63.13 meters. British speed walker Tom Bosworth finished sixth in the men's 20km walk, posting a personal best of 1:20.13 Kelly Griffon and Jillion Potter of Team USA finished fifth in the women's sevens rugby tournament. The Brazilian womens' handball team, with goalkeeper Mayssa Pessoa , lost in the quarterfinals to the Netherlands, 32-23. The American women's soccer team also lost in the quarterfinals of their tournament, 2-1, to Sweden. Brazilian beach volleyball player Larissa Fra...

Transgender Handball Player Hopes To Go For The Gold Again

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Australian Hannah Mouncey, 26, aims to become the first Olympian to play for both a men's and women's national team. From: NewNowNext  In November, Hannah Mouncey found herself at the elite level of handball players, representing her native Australia at a tournament in Qatar with a hope of making it to Rio for the 2016 Summer Olympics. But Mouncey, 26, was also secretly battling crippling gender dysphoria and accompanying depression—in a hypermasculine environment in a strange country with no support network.  As she explains in a first-person essay on Outsports , the stress took its toll and she acted out—and was disciplined for swearing at teammates during matches and kicking water bottles on the court. “That my gender issues were at the root of that behavior is something I’ve never discussed with [my teammates], but I’m sure they figured it out,” she writes. “They’ve supported me all the way. This speaks volumes for the culture within Australian handball.”  Mouncey, who has ...