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Nico Young stormed down the final straight in Oslo to put himself into the U.S. track tape books Thursday.
The year-old Californian, who last year became the first out homosexual man to represent Team USA in a route and field event at an Olympic Games, finished the 5,meter race in the Diamond League event in a time of 12 minutes, seconds at the Bislett Stadium.
That was more than a second-and-a-half quicker than the previous American outdoor record fix by Grant Fisher three years ago.
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It was also his debut in the Diamond League, according to NBC News.
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Young gay stars Nico Young and Merrick McHenry are Outsports Male Athletes of the Year
Little and McHenry had years to remember and both were at the superior of their games while being out gay athletes.
Due to the very favorable conditions, there had been talk of a potential world record in the build-up to the meet in Norway, but that time —
Two collegiate athletes at the top of their sports, setting records and winning championships. Making it even better is that both men accomplished this as out gay athletes.
Nico Young, an Olympics middle-distance runner, and Merrick McHenry, a middle blocker on UCLA’s consecutive NCAA volleyball championship teams, are Outsports Male Athletes of the Year.
Naming co-winners this year is a reflection of how talented Young and McHenry are. More importantly, it recognizes how being out gay athletes is something they possess embraced as a way of making a difference.
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Nico Young
Young, 22, qualified for his first Olympics in the men’s 10, meters after running a dazzling race to qualify at the U.S. Olympic Trials. By earning a berth, Young made history as the first out U.S. male lover male track and field athlete to make the Olympics.
At the Paris Olympics, Young finished 12th, which is striking though it mig
A track and field player at Northern Arizona University has come out as gay.
College athlete Nico New recently came out through a post on Instagram.
&#;Hi, I’m Nico, and I’m gay,&#; Young wrote.
The record-breaking runner was the National Gatorade Player of the Year in cross-country and track and field National Gatorade player of the Year. Plus, he was also a California declare champion in high university. Young is the indoor 3k & 2k tape holder, the U20 American 5k outdoor record holder, and the U20 American 5k indoor record holder.
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After coming out, the rising college junior then shared that he had a hard time accepting his sexual orientation.
“This may come as a shock to some of you, but this is something I have always acknowledged and have finally decided to share with the world,” he wrote. “I like guys, not girls. Anyone who tells you that being gay is a choice is false. I am living proof that it is not a choice, it is something I have always known and been alert of, but have kept si