In his first terview nfirmg he is gay the former swimmer tells Donald McRae that he has spent years not beg his te self and how he feels that probably had a negative impact on his reer the pool
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- MARK FOSTER: FORMER SWIMMER AND OLYMPIAN SAYS 'NOW IS THE TIME' AS HE REVEALS HE IS GAY
- EX-OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK FOSTER OUT AS GAY
MARK FOSTER: FORMER SWIMMER AND OLYMPIAN SAYS 'NOW IS THE TIME' AS HE REVEALS HE IS GAY
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“It’s not like I’ve been phed to e out, ” the former world champn swimmer says as he prepar to tell the world he is gay.
And I’m not the first gay sportsman to e out. Foster had not been tortured about beg gay, or ashamed, and over the past 26 years he has lived wh, and loved, two different men long relatnships. I was shocked by the treatment of gay people Rsia and need to say somethg – whout revealg anythg about myself.
EX-OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK FOSTER OUT AS GAY
Olympic swimmer Mark Foster who me out as gay this week has opened up about the reactn to his announcement. * mark foster gay *
Even durg fevered gossip about a possible relatnship wh a fellow swimmer, the four-time Olympic medallist and BBC analyst Rebec Adlgton, durg the 2016 Olympics, when she was filmed squeezg his leg unr the table, an assumptn that he might be gay did not seem to matter to anyone but Foster and those clost to do matter, particularly sport, where n still feel terribly hard for people to e out. Foster is telligent and articulate, a man who also works as a mol and a motivatnal speaker, but he has stggled sce the age of 17 to voice out loud the simple fact he is gay. The longer we talk the clearer the remr that beg a gay sportsman still verg on the we turn to football, where the glass ceilg seems osted and unbreakable to gay and bisexual men who play the game profsnally while harbourg a secret, the importance of siar sportsmen talkg openly is obv.
Foster, a Spurs supporter, unrstands why gay footballers might fear abe om the terrac or uncertaty om team-mat if they me out. I went to the Attu awards last month and gave Greg Louganis [the gay Amerin diver and double Olympic champn] an award. He knew I was gay but we never talked much.