About 700 people showed up to watch the men’s A-division soccer finals, which saw Stonewall FC beat United FC, 2-1. Stonewall scored the go-ahead goal in the 81st minute. Team Cologne beat Team Italia, 5-0, for the bronze. And team Argentina beat Jet City in the finals of the B division, 3-0.
I was surprised by [...]
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QUAC attack, family ties, German drivers
The Queer Utah Aquatics Club of Salt Lake City, or QUAC, stormed to the open division gold in water polo by dominating the Melbourne Storm, 11-5, in the gold medal game Friday. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer team. (gallery below).
Melbourne came into the game unbeaten and winners of a 9-7 match against QUAC [...]
Photo gallery: All wet
The weather turned wet on Day 5 of the Games, so we thought we’d bring you a gallery of athletes who spend their time in the water: Swimmers, divers and water polo players. The swimming venue is outdoors this year, which means most swimmers get right into their sweatpants when they’re out of the water; [...]
WeHo water polo honors late coach
The West Hollywood water polo team has someone watching over their shoulders at this year’s Gay Games. The players are all wearing tattoos on the shoulders that honor Tom Martinez, their longtime coach who died of a heart attack while swimming in 2008.
“Tom was very instrumental in helping build the team,” said Ash Martin. This [...]
Profile: Gerardo Betancourt, water polo
One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne.
Gerardo (Jerry) Betancourt
Toronto
I never liked sports. Living in Mexico City, the son of a gymnastics coach and a physical education teacher, I grew up surrounded by athletic masculinity. I never felt I was masculine or aggressive enough to [...]
