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A track and field sportsman at Northern Arizona University has come out as gay.
College athlete Nico Juvenile recently came out through a post on Instagram.
“Hi, I’m Nico, and I’m gay,” Young wrote.
The record-breaking runner was the 2019-20 National Gatorade Player of the Year in cross-country and 2019-20 track and field National Gatorade player of the Year. Plus, he was also a California state champion in high school. Young is the indoor 3k & 2k record 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 tough time accepting his sexual orientation.
“This may come as a shock to some of you, but this is something I hold always known and contain finally decided to distribute with the world,” he wrote. “I like guys, not girls. Anyone who tells you that organism gay is a preference is wrong. I am living proof that it is not a selection, it is something I have always known and been aware of, but have kept silent out of fear of rejectio
Nico Young stormed down the final unbent in Oslo to put himself into the U.S. road record books Thursday.
The 22-year-old Californian, who last year became the first out gay man to represent Team USA in a route and field event at an Olympic Games, finished the 5,000-meter race in the Diamond League event in a time of 12 minutes, 45.27 seconds at the Bislett Stadium.
That was more than a second-and-a-half quicker than the previous American outdoor record set 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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Due to the very favorable conditions, there had been discuss of a potential world record in the build-up to the meet in Norway, but that time — 12:35.36, set by Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei in 2022 — remains unbr
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Two collegiate athletes at the superior 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 2024 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 have 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 10,000 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. gay male track and field athlete to make the Olympics.
At the Paris Olympics, Young finished 12th, which is impressive though it might not seem it to people unfamiliar with running. Young’s time would have won the gold me