Figure skater Adam Rippon says it’s ‘weird’ to be the first openly gay athlete at the Winter Olympics

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• Adam Rippon, a figure skater, will be representing the United States at Pyeongchang 2018. 
• The 28-year-old recently talked to YouTuber Tyler Oakley about being the first openly gay athlete to compete for the US in the Winter Olympics. 
• Rippon said as proud as he is of the title, he also finds it a little weird. 
• “It’s 2018. It’s so hard to think that I’m the first openly gay winter athlete.”
• Rippon said it’s important for him to be “open and share” who he is, because it gives kids someone to look up to. 
• Rippon also spoke to Oakley about the stereotypes associated with male figure skating and sexuality. 
• “It’s such an eye roll. Like ‘Of course you’re gay — you’re a figure skater.’ Not everybody is gay in figure skating. Maybe I wouldn’t be f—— single.”
• Watch the full interview below. 

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