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- On Saturday evening, US skier Gus Kenworthy competed in the men’s slopestyle at the Winter Olympics.
- Prior to his qualifying run, the 26-year-old grabbed a good luck kiss from his boyfriend Matthew Wilkas.
- NBC caught and aired the kiss on live TV, which led to a lot of positive chatter on Twitter
- Kenworthy, a two-time Olympian, came out as gay following the 2014 Sochi Games.
Gus Kenworthy had a rough start in Pyeongchang. In the days leading up to the men’s slopestyle, the 26-year-old skier suffered a fall that led to a massive blood-filled bruise and a broken thumb. He clearly needed a bit of luck to push through the pain during the competition, which aired Saturday night in the US. And he may have gotten that in the form of a kiss from his boyfriend. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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