Outsports reports: Number of gay and lesbian athletes at the 2008 Games is on par with 2004 but includes only one man. In addition, there is one bisexual softball player. Of the 10 publicly gay Olympians this year, only one is a man:
Matthew Mitcham (Australia, diving). The out lesbians are:
Judith Arndt (Germany, cycling),
Imke Duplitzer (Germany, fencing),
Gro Hammerseng and Katja Nyberg (Norway, handball and a lesbian couple),
Natasha Kai (U.S., soccer),
Lauren Lappin (U.S., softball);
Victoria "Vickan" Svensson (Sweden, soccer);
Rennae Stubbs (Australia, tennis) and
Linda Bresonik (Germany, soccer).
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