Tag: Rio
Rio Paralympics to see first ever openly gay person carrying GB flag at a Games opening ceremony
Lee Pearson, the equestrian rider who has won 10 gold medals, will be the first openly gay person to carry the flag for Great Britain at an opening ceremony of an Olympic or Paralympic Games on Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro.
Episode 1: Olympic Race Walker Tom Bosworth
Record holding British Race Walker, Tom Bosworth, talks Scarlette Douglas through the music that inspires him when he trains as he builds his motivation mixtape and reveals his ‘Gold Record’; the song that he wants playing if he takes home a gold medal at Rio 2016.
At Olympics, Trans Women Will Be Tested For Testosterone Levels, Trans Men Get A Pass
The headlines about the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics shout out that for the first time a transgender woman will be featured in the event.
Bossa Loves ABBA
August 12th sees the release of Bossa Loves Abba, ‘The Bossa & Chilled Songbook of ABBA’ – a unique 14-song collection of ABBA’s greatest hits, performed by ex-Bjorn Again singer, Susie Webb, in the traditional Bossa Nova style, perfect for summer.
Tom Daley : Can we qualify for the OLYMPICS?!
Tom Daley now already in Rio preparing for the World Cup and Olympic qualifying competition.
Tom Bosworth: British Olympics hopeful comes out as gay
Race walker Tom Bosworth competed for Great Britain at the World Athletics Championships, is set to feature at the Rio Olympics and is the first athlete on the team to come out as gay.