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Two-time Olympic gymnast Danell Leyva says that, for him, stereotypes surrounding his sport may have been one of the biggest obstacles to his coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community.
Leyva admits that coming out was made even more difficult by his stubbornness and determination – traits that

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Danell Leyva hopes his coming out story will help normalise things

This event took place on 01/08/2012 at the North Greenwich Arena, London. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) claimed the gold medal.

London 2012 | Olympic Games

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Finals - Men's Individual All-Around | London 2012 Replays

The 2018 Youth Olympic Games countdown is on!
When do they start?
The Opening Ceremony will take place October 6th, competitions will begin October 7th and run through October 18th.
Elite sporting teenagers from around the world will descend upon Buenos Aires to test themselves against their peers.
Singapore hosted

Buenos Aires 2018 | Youth Olympic Games

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Gold: Japan, Silver: Russia, Bronze: China.

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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Gymnastics Artistic: Men's Team Final | Rio 2016 Replays

M Parallel: G: UKR, S: USA, B: RUS / W Floor: G: USA, S: USA, B: GBR / M Horizontal: G: GER, S: USA, B: GBR

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Gymnastics Artistic: M Parallel, W Floor, M Horizontal | Rio 2016 Replays

Germany's Fabian Hambuechen becomes the Olympic champion in the men's horizontal bar final at Rio 2016.

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Hambuechen wins Horizontal Bar gold

Oleg Verniaiev secures the gold medal for Ukraine in the men's parallel bars final at the Olympic Games Rio 2016.

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Verniaiev wins Men's Parallel Bars gold

United States of America

Simone

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Sweden

Armand

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Mikaela

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Ilia

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2012 Olympic gymnastics team bronze medallist Larisa Iordache, the woman who has come closest to defeating Simone Biles on the world stage, was planning to participate in a team level verification event this week but has withdrawn due to a positive test for COVID-19. The competition would have been her

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Rounding Off: The week that was in gymnastics for 30 October

Three-time Olympic medallist Danell Leyva has been stunned by the positive response he's received since coming out in October. But the American gymnast longs for the day when a person's sexuality is just a trivial matter.

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Danell Leyva: "Everybody's different, and at the same time we're not."

Becoming the world’s first Olympic champion in skiing and snowboarding was impressive – but how can you balance two things that you love?

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The three-time Olympic medallist gymnast Danell Leyva has his eye on conquering Hollywood as an actor.

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