Tom Bosworth, who competed for Great Britain at the World Athletics Championships and is set to feature at the Rio Olympics and is the first athlete on the team to come out as gay.
Bosworth revealed the news on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show, saying, “Coming out is no surprise to my friends, family and even team-mates, even Mo Farah (UK’s finest ever distance runner) who didn’t bat an eyelid when I told him I was gay.”
During the show, Bosworth talked about how his head was smashed through a window because of his sexuality, “My team-mates asked whether I had a partner and how old I was when I came out. They were intrigued by my sexuality and asked me whether I got any stick for being openly homosexual.
“The truth is that I used to. When I was competing in local athletics a number of years ago, some other athletes called me ‘fag’ or ‘queer’.
“And when I was at school, when those feelings were still developing, I had my head smashed through a window by a group of boys. Thankfully, that’s all in the past now.”
