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发帖数: 2153 | 1 At least 14 out gay/lesbian athletes will be competing in London’s
Olympic Games.
According to OutSports.com, which published the list, statistics suggest
that there are many more gay or lesbian competitors.
The website said that with 12,602 athletes set to compete, just one per cent
of them being gay or lesbian would be 126.
The athletes known to be gay or lesbian are: Matthew Mitcham (Australia,
diving); Edward Gal (Netherlands, equestrian); Lisa Raymond (U.S., doubles
tennis); Judith Arndt(Germany, cycling); Seimone Augustus (U.S., basketball)
; Imke Duplitzer (Germany, fencing); Megan Rapinoe (U.S. soccer); Marilyn
Agliotti (Netherlands, field hockey); Maartje Paumen (Netherlands, field
hockey); Natalie Cook (Australia, beach volleyball); Alexandra Lacrabère (
France, handball); Jessica Landström (Sweden, soccer); and Carole Péon
(France, triathlon) and Jessica Harrison (France, triathlon).
Another lesbian, US wrestler Stephany Lee, qualified for the 2012 games but
was kicked off the team last month after failing a drugs test.
There is also one lesbian coach, Pia Sundhage, of the US women’s soccer
team, and one gay Paralympian, the horse rider Lee Pearson.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/07/19/14-openly-gay-and-lesbian- | m******8
发帖数: 2153 | 2 Tabloid claims global Grindr outage caused by overactive Olympic athletes
The arrival of thousands of athletes and their national support staff caused
the gay networking app Grindr to crash a British tabloid newspaper claims.
According to The People newspaper, ‘technical experts’ said the Grindr
outage was caused by athletes and others trying to logon to the service all
at the same time. Grindr works by displaying the 100 guys closest to you
based on GPS data. The proximity of athletes in the Olympic village means
that they are very close to one another.
One user told the newspaper: “It happened almost as soon as the teams got
here. Either loads of athletes were logging on to meet fellow Olympians or
were looking to bag a local.
“The Grindr system obviously couldn’t cope. It took 24 hours for the app
to get back up and running, much to the relief of all concerned.”
London is already Grinder’s most active city with around 350,000 users but
there are only 14 openly gay or lesbians competing in the London 2012
Olympic games.
A Grindr statement relating to the outage didn’t mention the Olympics at
all. Company CEO Joel Simkhai said: “I want to personally apologise
to users.
“I know it was frustrating. I was frustrated myself. I also
rely on Grindr in my day-to-day personal life. It made me feel disconnected.
“Our tech team worked around the clock to solve the problems and to whip
Grindr back into shape.”
The company has offered all paying users of Grindr Xtra an additional one
week of usage for free.
Last year Simkhai told PinkNews.co.uk why he created the application: “As a
gay man I thought: wouldn’t it be great if I could walk into any room or
go to a new city and see who’s gay? Did we think it would become a business
? Or that it would impact as much as it has? We had no idea.
“I think Grindr reflects real life. At the end of the day the application
can only reflect its users. There are guys out there looking for love and
there are those looking for sex. Often that can be the same guy, just at
different times in his life or day.”
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/07/22/tabloid-claims-global-grin |
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