The only openly gay member of Britain's athletics team in Tokyo says sport is still 'not in the 21st century' and has encouraged more Olympians to come out. Race walker Tom Bosworth publicly disclosed his sexuality in the run-up to Rio 2016, where he finished sixth and then memorably proposed to his partner Harry on the Copacabana beach. When you have 11,000 athletes at the Olympics and 150 out gay sports men and women, it just doesn't add up.' Yet the Commonwealth Games silver medallist believes if more gay men spoke out it would help others - while also boosting an individual's sporting performance. But there are still no openly gay footballers in England's top four divisions.

Source: Daily Mail July 20, 2021 21:22 UTC