Diving legend Louganis comes out with it: did HIV cost me jobs?

After being subjected to racism at school, the Olympian suffered discrimination in sport because he’s gay

26 October 2020 - 19:59 By Hugo Greenhalgh

He is regularly dubbed the world’s best diver, but Olympic gold medallist Greg Louganis still questions whether he missed out on lucrative sponsorship deals and top TV jobs because he is gay and HIV-positive...

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