Are all olympic male skaters gay

When year-old U. Figure Skating. What do I hope to gain out of this? I was told to go on the Today show and talk about getting married and having kids. Many other men in the sport have spoken over the years about accentuating their masculinity, covering up their sexuality or wondering about their place in such a subjective judged sport, be they gay or straight.

For Malinin, the question from a fan during his April 22 Instagram appearance surprised him. Thank you all for understanding this mistake and making it known to me that I made a mistake. He followed up with the letter to U. While I posted an immediate apology to the viewers for my immaturity, I also now want to additionally apologize to our governing body, the judges and my fellow competitors for even inserting such ill-advised commentary in our competitions.

I have no evidence or reason to believe that I have been impacted in my scoring due to my heterosexual orientation. And, I would hope no competitor would be penalized for such private matters regardless of orientation.

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So if we had had Instagram Live back then, I mean, who knows what I would have said? If someone tries to negate it in any way, tries to tear it down, tries to question you about it, male figure skaters will defend it. Boitano, who has devoted much of his career to mentoring and giving advice to younger skaters, has spent time with both Malinin and Chen.

This is much more complex in the sport of skating than just people getting angry about something that was said on social media, and we need to understand that and talk about it. Add Topic. What did Ilia Malinin say? Featured Weekly Ad.