With a second-place finish at today's Men's Freeski Slopestyle Finals, Gus Kenworthy clinched his spot on the 2018 U.S. Winter Olympic team.
He's the second openly gay man to represent the U.S. in Winter Olympics (he won silver in the 2014 Sochi Olympics but wasn't out at the time), and is the first out gay man to compete in an action sport.
Kenworthy also won the Slopestyle Finals last week at Snowmass in Colorado.
Kenworthy famously came out in 2015 to ESPN Magazine. I've written about Gus extensively - check out past posts here.
He's currently featured in a new commercial for Head & Shoulders (I posted a week ago here) and named as a brand ambassador for Proctor & Gamble.
He's currently ranked fifth among Americans in International Ski Federation rankings.
Gus joins figure skater Adam Rippon, who was named to the U.S. figure skating team last week barely beating Gus as the first openly gay man to make a U.S. Winter Olympic team.
The hunky, handsome Kenworthy is definitely worthy of a follow on his Instagram account :)
Good luck in South Korea, Gus!
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