speed skating
Winners and losers of this exhausting week in LGBTQ sports
Each and every week, our managing editor runs down the big stories of the past seven days, and this last week was a doozy.
Conor McDermott-Mostowy just won 2 US Championships. Now he’s coming out as gay.
McDermott-Mostowy competed for Team USA at the World Championships. He’s found acceptance in speed skating.
This week’s winners and losers in LGBTQ sports
Each and every Saturday, our managing editor reviews the top Outsports stories of the past 7 days and decides who won, and who lost.
Speed skater Matt Rittenhouse was a gay athlete representing the USA
Matt Rittenhouse had negative coming-out experiences, before finding acceptance in his sport.
30 Moments of Pride: Bisexual Ireen Wüst wins 5 medals at the Sochi Olympics
The bisexual Dutch speed skater took home more medals than any other athlete at the Sochi games. And she did it in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Out Olympians mixed on visiting White House with Team USA today
Two gay Olympians skipped the White House visit, while one attended.
Brittany Bowe nominated for top American female athlete at the Olympics
Bowe had four top-five finishes en route to a bronze medal.
Ireen Wust ends historic Winter Olympics as Dutch flag bearer
Wuest is the most decorated speed skater, and out LGBTQ Olympian, of all time.
Brittany Bowe and Team USA win Olympic medal in her final race
It’s the first Olympic medal for the American women since 2002.
Brittany Bowe gets fifth in the 500-meter
The speed skater has helped Team USA advance to the team pursuit semifinals.
Brittany Bowe finishes fourth in the women’s 1,000-meter
The out American has two top-five finishes but no medals.
Two out women scored top-6 finishes in the Winter Olympics on Monday
Brittany Bowe and Daniela Iraschko-Stolz just missed out on medals.
Meet out American Olympian Brittany Bowe
The speed skater is Team USA’s only publicly out LGBTQ woman.
