Sports
Springing into action
Gay sports groups get moving with warm weather
With any luck, this past week brought the last frost of the season and many of the outdoor LGBT sports teams are in full swing.
The D.C. Front Runners continue to host their Tuesday and Thursday evening runs along with their Saturday and Sunday morning runs. The group meets at 23rd and P streets during the week and at Rock Creek Park on the weekends. The runners also host walks at the same locations on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings.
Recently the Front Runners launched a 10-week series of track workouts which will run through the middle of May. The sessions are on Wednesday nights from 7 to 8 p.m. and will rotate between McKinley High School and Banneker High School. The rotation can be found atdcfrontrunners.org.
Congratulations to the Washington Renegades RFC members for kicking off their spring season by winning the Gray Ghost Cup tournament in Bel Air, Md., on March 10. Their Blues squad took down North Bay, Lockport, Pax River and the Washington Rugby Club to win the tournament.
This weekend the Blues squad will travel to Charlottesville, Va., to take on Virginia RFC, while the Reds squad will be at home playing the Washington Poltroons. The Renegades schedule can be found at dcrugby.com.
Among the many opportunities offered by the D.C. Strokes Rowing Club is the Learn to Row Program. This season, to accommodate busy schedules, they are holding four different sessions on weekdays and weekends.
The sessions begin at the end of April, assume no previous rowing experience and teach the basics from square one. Rowers who complete the program are invited to join the team as part of their Novice Program. More information is at dcstrokes.org.
The recreational biking series has begun for the Adventuring outdoors group and on Saturday, they will host the Washington & Old Dominion Rail-To-Trail. This will be an easy, paved and mostly flat trail ride to help riders get in shape for more challenging events to come. The route will run from Falls Church to Herndon and back and will be a 29-mile ride. Riders will meet at 10:30 a.m. at the East Falls Church Metro Station in the Kiss & Ride Lot. Bring helmet, fluids and $2. The group will stop for a quick lunch at a Herndon restaurant or you can pack a lunch. Contact Mike at [email protected] for more information.
Adventuring has also rescheduled the Scott’s Run Preserve Hike on Sunday. The hike will be in the range of 2.2 to 3 miles. The hikers will go past the waterfall on Scotts Run and follow along the Potomac River to the Palisades of the Potomac. The group will also stop by the Burling House ruins as they cross through the area. Carpooling to the preserve will depart at 9:30 a.m. from the Rossyln Metro Station. Bring fluids, bug spray and a packed lunch plus $2 trip fee and $3 for non-drivers. You can RSVP at meeting.com/Adventuring-Gay-
The Capital Tennis Association coordinates league play throughout the year at both tennis clubs and public courts. Registration for the summer leagues for both singles and doubles will begin in April and the league runs from May to September. There is also the opportunity to sign up for sub spots on the league. More information on the tennis players is atcapital-tennis.org.
The first tee off of the season for the Lambda Links Golf Club will be Sunday. The golfers can be found on the greens every weekend through October 28. Join the group’s mailing list at lambdalinks.org for information on its tee-off locations.
The District of Columbia Aquatics Club will be hosting the 21st annual Swim for Life on July 14. The event is a fundraiser for HIV/AIDS nonprofits as well as local watershed organizations. Swimmers will compete in 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- or 5-mile races beginning and ending at Rolph’s Wharf on the Chester River. This is also a great opportunity for anyone training for a triathlon. Details on the event are at swimdcac.org.
More than a dozen LGBTQ athletes won medals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics that ended on Sunday.
Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, and Alex Carpenter are LGBTQ members of the U.S. women’s hockey team that won a gold medal after they defeated Canada in overtime. Knight the day before the Feb. 19 match proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron, who is gay, and his partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry won gold. American alpine skier Breezy Johnson, who is bisexual, won gold in the women’s downhill. Amber Glenn, who identifies as bisexual and pansexual, was part of the American figure skating team that won gold in the team event.
Swiss freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud, who is in a relationship with Vali Höll, an Austrian mountain biker, won gold in women’s freeski slopestyle.
Bruce Mouat, who is the captain of the British curling team that won a silver medal, is gay. Six members of the Canadian women’s hockey team — Emily Clark, Erin Ambrose, Emerance Maschmeyer, Brianne Jenner, Laura Stacey, and Marie-Philip Poulin — that won silver are LGBTQ.
Swedish freestyle skier Sandra Naeslund, who is a lesbian, won a bronze medal in ski cross.
Belgian speed skater Tineke den Dulk, who is bisexual, was part of her country’s mixed 2000-meter relay that won bronze. Canadian ice dancer Paul Poirier, who is gay, and his partner, Piper Gilles, won bronze.
Laura Zimmermann, who is queer, is a member of the Swiss women’s hockey team that won bronze when they defeated Sweden.
Outsports.com notes all of the LGBTQ Olympians who competed at the games and who medaled.
Sports
US wins Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey
Team captain Hilary Knight proposed to girlfriend on Wednesday
The U.S. women’s hockey team on Thursday won a gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. The game took place a day after Team USA captain Hilary Knight proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
Cayla Barnes and Alex Carpenter — Knight’s teammates — are also LGBTQ. They are among the more than 40 openly LGBTQ athletes who are competing in the games.
The Olympics will end on Sunday.
Sports
Attitude! French ice dancers nail ‘Vogue’ routine
Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry strike a pose in memorable Olympics performance
Madonna’s presence is being felt at the Olympic Games in Italy.
Guillaume Cizeron and his rhythm ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry of France performed a flawless skate to Madonna’s “Vogue” and “Rescue Me” on Monday.
The duo scored an impressive 90.18 for their effort, the best score of the night.
“We’ve been working hard the whole season to get over 90, so it was nice to see the score on the screen,” Fournier Beaudry told Olympics.com. “But first of all, just coming out off the ice, we were very happy about what we delivered and the pleasure we had out there. With the energy of the crowd, it was really amazing.”
Watch the routine on YouTube here.
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