Adicoff victories create Winter Paralympic historyImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Adicoff studied mathematics and computer science at Bowdoin CollegeByElizabeth HudsonBBC Sport JournalistPublished25 minutes agoWith two golds from two events, Jake Adicoff is halfway towards his target of four titles from the Milan-Cortina Games.But the American cross-country skier has already made history as the first out gay man to be crowned an individual winter Paralympic champion.Competing at his fourth Paralympics at Milan-Cortina, he triumphed in the men’s sprint classic on Tuesday, a win he reported he wanted “really bad”, and just 24 hours later dominated the 10km classic interval start, finishing over a minute and three-quarters ahead of his nearest rival.Adicott bowed dramatically as he crossed the line and again in the medal presentation.The 30-year-old, who has no vision in his right eye and limited vision in his left after contracting chicken pox in the womb, is one of a small number of out gay athletes at the Milan-Cortina Games.”The higher you get in sport, the less out people that you see,” Adicoff told Outsports., external
“And I think going to the Paralympics, being a gay athlete there, showing that it’s possible to reach this upper echelon of sport as an out athlete and as a Para-athlete, that’s super important to me.”
