To loop back to this event, we’ve got two important things that happened.
Nick Goepper won silver. He won silver in Sochi and threw down an amazing final run to win the silver medal in Pyeongchang. Especially since in these Olympic games every medal counts for our total.
Gus Kenworthy Competed as himself. He did not have the finals performance he wanted and was unable to put together a full run. Who knows how much his injuries had to do with it. I’m sure the pressure also didn’t help. But for me at least, him casually kissing his boyfriend afterward on camera was the biggest takeaway. Adam Rippon is having an important moment but what 12-year old Royer probably could have used watching Nagano in 1998 was probably more of what a happy relationship could look like:
But enough of the feelings, Bobsled is on. Back to dudes in spandex.
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