American athlete and Olympian Kerron Clement has come out as gay, according to outsport.com.
It is said that the 33-year-old hurdler made the announcement during a Nike event celebrating a new rainbow-inspired track and field at Los Angeles City College on Friday.
“I was hiding that part because of what society thought. But it’s OK to be that way. Nothing is wrong with loving someone of the same gender. Love is love. I have an attraction to men. It’s who I am, and it’s what made me become the athlete I am today,” he said.
Clement was part of the United States team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. He won a silver medal in the 400m hurdles, and he was also part of the gold medal-winning 4x400m quartet. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, eight years later, he won the gold in the 400m hurdles.
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