This year's World Championship moguls events, held in Kazakhstan in March, saw her make the last 16 in dual moguls and she also qualified for the singles final round as one of the best 18 competitors in the world. 'We're all just athletes at the end of the day trying to compete for the same thing, regardless of sexuality and who we want to spend our lives with.Īnother one of Britain's out Olympians is mogul skier Makayla Gerken-Schofield. 'It didn't matter that I was maybe a wee bit different to the other guys I was playing with and against,' Mouat told Outsports. He has won a gold medal in European competition and a silver in the World Championships this season, along with a worlds mixed doubles title with Jen Dodds. The Scot feels being honest with himself and his colleagues has helped him succeed on the ice.

Mouat, 27, came out as gay eight years ago to a sports psychologist, which helped him tell his curling team mates. Britain will have four 'out' LGBTQ athletes competing for Team GB at the Winter Olympics in China.īruce Mouat will lead Britain's four-man curling team in Beijing and also compete in mixed doubles.

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