Beijing | Matthew Mitcham
Posted by: "BrianDeBraganza"
silenzoftheclams@yahoo.com.au silenzoftheclams
Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:08 pm (PDT)
Heheh, I notice that there is no buzz at all about Beijing's
closing ceremony compared to it's opening. Ummm... like the worst
final of an American Idol episode was how I heard someone
describe it. A bit unfair from the bits I've seen but it didn't
blow my sox off, either.
Now, how about our Aussie, 20-year-old, openly gay, diving gold
medal winner, Matthew Mitcham? Matty is adorable and, as an
ex-pat Aussie, this made me so proud - of him, of my homeland,
and for gay athletes. Matty's courage and his lovely, bubbly
personality, is just remarkable.
All of Matty's 6 dives, plus the Olympic gold medal ceremony,
plus that kiss (that NBC did not show) can be seen in this one
vid (and saved to disk):
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Here is Matt in an interview where he snogs his partner, Lachlan.
Isn't he tiny next to him?
YouTube - Interview with Matthew Mitcham after the gold medal
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and, for all our French-speaking members, here is Matty speaking
in French in an interview with French TV (as my partner says, his
accent is atrocious! LOL).
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