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Gay runner Nico Young makes history as first out man to win U.S. national track title Nico Young, center, edges out Grant Fisher to win the men’s 10, meters during day one of the USATF. Our weekly playbook is packed with everything from locker room chatter to pressing LGBTQ sports issues.

Never before has a publicly out gay man stood on top of the podium as an American track and field champion. The hurdler came out publicly as gay in October He came out publicly as gay in late March, and will be in the meter final Saturday. That late kick could prove pivotal.

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All three had already met the qualifying standard to take part in Tokyo. He is a long-distance runner who holds the American outdoor record in the 10, meters event and the indoor record in the meters. Subscribe to the Outsports newsletter to keep up with your favorite out athletes, inspiring LGBTQ sports stories, and more.

He was 12th at his first Olympicsand has progressed and learned so much more over the past year. Grant Fisher is one of only four American men to win an Olympic medal in the 10,meter event, the longest race of the Olympics. His target is to produce his peak performances at the World Athletics Championships, which begin in six weeks.

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Grant Jackson Fisher (born April 22, ) [3] is an American middle- and long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track m and m. Who can win gold? There have been other U. Kerron Clement was a three-time winner at nationals, in a career that saw him claim two Olympic gold medals.

LGBTQ fans regularly approach him for selfies and thank him for being visible. Grant Fisher is one of the United States' premier runners. Having been lying 12th, he covered the final four laps in It was a perfect finish, following a pedestrian start.

Nico Young, right, with Grant Fisher after the men’s 10, meters at U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore. Young and Fisher will be joined by Woody Kincaid on the U.S. Olympic. Subscribe to our Newsletter today.

On the same track a few weeks ago, at the Prefontaine Classic, teenage Ethiopian phenom Biniam Mehary had run But with the Olympic champion Joseph Cheptegei of Kenya not expected to compete in Tokyo, and Young finishing ahead of Fisher, he deserves to be optimistic about his chances.