As we update our extensive Gay Games photo galleries, check out our latest: Athletes and their medals.
This Swedish runner was one of the stars of the track and field sprints.
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Gallery: Gay Games jocks and their medals
For some athletes, need to stay hidden
It’s easy sometimes, when living in the generally gay-tolerant West to remember that for many gays and lesbians, being discovered could literally put their lives at risk.
At the Opening Ceremonies, I spied a shirtless player for the Mexican soccer team with a flawless body. Seeing a great photo-op, I raised my [...]
Hot announcers, medal inflation, naked medalist
Gay Games notes:
I heard several people talk about the two hot announcers at track and field, so here’s the 911. They are Flo Weber and Tim Husel, both 26 and gay. Weber was the announcer at last year’s world track championships in Berlin, heard about the Gay Games and wanted to be a part. [...]
Photo Gallery: Volleyball, tennis, lifting
On Day 3 we took a trip to watch the A-division men’s volleyball and badminton. We joined John Amaechi courtside at an A-division men’s tennis doubles match. And we cringed as men and women tried to lift double their bodyweight.
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Final Gay Games registration numbers
Gay Games VIII in Cologne managed to register 9,475 participants from 65 countries, according to numbers they released this week. While it’s down from the 12,000 they set as a goal several years ago, it’s still a solid number in this economy and is on par with 2006 registration numbers in Chicago and Montreal. Some [...]
A look back at the Chicago Gay Games
To get you in the mood for what to expect from Cologne, we invite you to check out our coverage from the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago.
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Welcome to our Gay Games 2010 blog!
Over the next two weeks, Outsports will be bringing you the latest from Gay Games VIII in Cologne, Germany. We’ll feature news and notes, photo galleries and video updates from registration to the opening ceremonies and all of the sporting venues (well, almost all: sailing is a couple hours away, so we may have to [...]
Gay Games Cologne releases iPhone app
While Outsports will be providing unprecedented coverage of the Gay Games, including video reports, photo galleries and daily notebooks, the organizers in Cologne are also now offering an iPhone application to stay on top of the games as well! The App “GayGames2010″ is NOW available as a free download in the App-Store. No notice on [...]
Gay Games register over 9k participants
With the final registration day for the Gay Games a week past, Cologne is reporting just over 9,100 registered participants. There are still “some unpaid registrations in the system,” so that number will go up a little, Cologne’s head of media, Ingo Schneider, said.
It’s considerably under the 12,000 number the Gay Games were putting out [...]
