The Athletics Thread (... but predominantly about Bolt)

[rodo]

Colin jackson has just come out as gay

[dom9]

Who would have thought?

[Shaggy]

Bemused because I thought it was common knowledge. He used to be shacked up with that big swimmer Mark Foster.

[Rich]

Mark Foster's gay?

[rodo]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Bemused because I thought it was common knowledge. He used to be shacked up with that big swimmer Mark Foster.

yeah thought both of them things were well out in the open but apparently not

[Darkon]

Still incredible how someone being gay can be a headline in 2017.

[Buzzo]

Sad that he's had to wait until he is 50 to feel comfortable in speaking publicly about his sexuality.

Good on him for being brave enough to do so.

[paulg]

Shame he felt he had to do it because a paper was going to out him first. Like outing people for attention and readers is even something to think of doing.

I'll still be amazed when a footballer comes out before they retire.

[Shaggy]

Twitter

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I was playing doctors and nurses with my female cousin. I was about 6 or 7, and we were inserting little toy stuffs in our bum holes. Does it count as snogging?

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[Buzzo]

This Caster Semenya ruling is fucking staggering.

What a can of worms to open. How can you begin to define sex on a hormonal level? The wider implications on this ruling seem staggering. You can’t deny someone the right to compete (or make them take a drug to actually fall into accepted and defined criteria) based on their genetics.

[Pablo]

Yeah it was the "take this drug thing to make yourself a bit more girly and you can compete again" thing that was most shocking.