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From Rio: Greg Louganis on the Closet and His Wheaties Box

Greg Louganis Rio

The out Olympic legend dispenses his considerable wisdom on the coming-out process for athletes.

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Greg Louganis is one of the most celebrated athletes in the world, winning four gold medals for America at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Games (he also took home a silver in 1976). After testing HIV-positive in the late '80s, Louganis came out and quickly segued to LGBT advocate.

Louganis sat down with Charley Walters on a beach in Rio this week to discuss the pitfalls and pleasures of coming out, as well as (finally) being honored with a Wheaties box and posing (naked) for the ESPN body issue.

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