Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, two-time Olympian, he represented Team USA, announced on Tuesday that the team wants to compete for Britain at the Olympic Winter Games in 2022 in Beijing to honor his “# 1 Fan” – the mother. Kenworthy, 28, said on Instagram who grew up in the United States, but in British patent was born – “British through and through” and her mother “You are my # 1 fan was all my life and at the bottom hill waving the stars and stripes to support that stands for two Olympic cycles, “said Kenworthy. “Now, in what is sure to be my last Olympic appearance, I would return the honor of holding the British flag for them with pride.” Kenworthy said in a statement to GB snow sports, the national governing body for snow sports in the UK that his mother is the reason they fought today; She taught him to ski when he was three years old. The International Ski Federation approved application Kenworthy compete for the British team on Tuesday after snow sports in the UK. US Ski & Snowboard also switch Kenworthy admitted. Tiger Shaw, president and CEO of the US Ski & Snowboard, said in a statement at the time by e-mail that the organization “full support” Kenworthy decision and that it was a “striking model and inspiration athletes around the world for fans of snow sports. “” our coaches and staff wish him all the best and will always support him as an athlete, no matter what flag that competes, “said Shaw. Kenworthy has yet to qualify for the British team. Vicky Gosling, CEO of GB sport made on the snow in a statement that “Gus realizes that we have a very talented team and that means places to be competitive” But he added: “The addition of Gus in our team may just our level of increase in performance and makes us even more competitive. “said Kenworthy NBC Sports that his team could modify it easier to qualify for the next games. And he would fear “an advantage in terms of qualifications and less and less people who are against, just to be able to focus on the tricks that I work to want the tracks you want to do, I sat in one hopes to get the best position another medal and have not tried to kill my body, to qualify in several disciplines directly before matches against the boys in the United States, “he said. Kenworthy won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He and history skater Adam Rippon, like the first openly gay athletes competing at the Olympic Winter Games. Her appearance at the 2018 Games in South Korea was a major victory for the LGBT community. considered Copyright by David Ramos / Getty Images
Because Gus Kenworthy – Two-time Olympian who represented Team USA – Hopes for adoption United Kingdom in 2022 Olympics
