Last time i did get a medal but i did get to be one of the first to openly gay men to compete for team usa Winter Olympics which is an incredibly opportunity and because of that i got to speak on it a lot and raise a lot of awareness and there was a case that was seen on tv that was kind of unexpected, but i feel that was a visual representation of Me And My Olympics experience in the community and i think it was a pretty special moment to have that broadcast to the world and on the world stage and to help normalise same sex relationships and have people see a same sex kiss and it not be some crazy thing, just haveit it not be some crazy thing, just have it be part of everyday life. For the moment, his focus is on his last ever competition, his third olympics where he will line up in the half pipe. Not the slopes where he won his silver, but he says competing in does not sit well with him and getting there at all has not been straightforward. Mr; him and getting there at all has not been straightforward. Him and getting there at all has not been straightforward. My coach and i have been joking been straightforward. My coach and i have been joking because been straightforward. My coach and i have been joking because we been straightforward. My coach and i have been joking because we had have beenjoking because we had quite a lot of setbacks in the lead up quite a lot of setbacks in the lead up to this olympics and two summers ago i knocked myself out in training and a few days later when we got back on snow i tweaked my knee and ended up having to have surgery and its just been kind ended up having to have surgery and itsjust been kind of ended up having to have surgery and its just been kind of one thing after another. Its just been kind of one thing afteranother. Its its just been kind of one thing after another. Its been frustrating, but i feel like i am making the most of it and in some weird ways i am hoping it isjust getting out all of the bad luck that i needed to get out of the way and it will be smooth sailing now, fingers crossed. It will be smooth sailing now, fin. Ers crossed. ,. Fingers crossed. One big difference this time as fingers crossed. One big difference this time as you fingers crossed. One big difference this time as you will fingers crossed. One big difference this time as you will be fingers crossed. One big difference this time as you will be competing | this time as you will be competing under the Great Britain flag rather than the us. How excited are you by that . �. ,. Than the us. How excited are you by that . �. Y. , than the us. How excited are you by that . �. , � , that . Im really excited and its reall an that . Im really excited and its really an honour that . Im really excited and its really an honour and that . 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But she has a huge family and then they have kids, so way more of us are brits and americans, so im excited and excited to do with my family and the only real bummer is is no spectators because i was not expecting this whole switch and i was so excited to think about the union jacks whole switch and i was so excited to think about the unionjacks being waved by my mum at the bottom of the course and that wont be the case but i know it will be just as sweet anyway. I but i know it will be ust as sweet an a. , anyway. I wondered if i could get our anyway. I wondered if i could get your views anyway. I wondered if i could get your views from anyway. I wondered if i could get your views from an anyway. I wondered if i could get your views from an athletes your views from an athletes perspective on covid, how strange it has been to navigate that and the pandemic and prepare for the pinnacle of your sport. It pandemic and prepare for the pinnacle of your sport. Pandemic and prepare for the pinnacle of your sport. It has very much thrown pinnacle of your sport. It has very much thrown a pinnacle of your sport. It has very much thrown a wrench pinnacle of your sport. It has very much thrown a wrench in pinnacle of your sport. It has very much thrown a wrench in everybodys plans, and i think one of the biggest things about being an olympian and what that means, well, i guess it is about going to the olympics, but its more about how resilient olympic athletes are and their adaptability. Resilient olympic athletes are and theiradaptability. It resilient olympic athletes are and their adaptability. It has changed everything. It changed the way we train in the way we interact with the other athletes and coaches and last year we had three competitions that were back to back in the same location and that is very strange. In the Instagram Post where you mentioned about covid, you mentioned long covid and the twisties, and thatis long covid and the twisties, and that is a term that people heard about with simone biles in tokyo. Can you talk about what it was like for you experiencing that . In midair on skis, its the last place you want to be unsure where you are in the air. , want to be unsure where you are in theair. , ,. , the air. For sure. Especially in the half pipe. The air. For sure. Especially in the half pipe. The the air. For sure. Especially in the half pipe, the margin the air. For sure. Especially in the half pipe, the margin of the air. For sure. Especially in the half pipe, the margin of error the air. For sure. Especially in the half pipe, the margin of error is l half pipe, the margin of error is really, really small and that neck of the half pipe is like that on the wall is vertical and if you are going 20 feet out and you come out onto the deck, you are going 20 feet to flat, and if you go in the middle, and the pipe is 22 feet tall, so you are going 42 feet to cluttered it can be really severe. It was kind of like a perfect storm but i got this really bad concussion and had a few concussions and then got covid on the tail end of recovering from the concussion and after my isolation, getting back into the gym, trying to get back to training, ijust wasnt into the gym, trying to get back to training, i just wasnt able to do anything and was experiencing all sorts of weird neurological issues. I was nauseous, light headed, dizzy and i was really not sure if it was because of covid or the concussion or because they so quickly coincided. It was hard to tell and even the doctors and everyone could not tell. I came out to colorado for the first two world cups of the season and had a run where i got the twisties, or what we call getting lost in the air and its a very scary feeling. Its like vertigo and you dont know which way is up or down, but when the level of riding is where it is, that creates that huge margin of error and you are going big and spinning twice and twisting four times, you dont want to not know where you are. And my coach and i agreed that it wasnt safe and put me out of the competition and i basically took an entire month. Its been pretty strange. I dont know anybody that would take a month two month hiatus, two months before the olympics. I guess the last few years have probably shown you and definitely shown the world, that athletes can offer so much more thanjust results. You have a huge platform to raise important issues. I wonder, obviously, going out to china and the lgbto rights over there, ijust wonder what your position is an stance on them having these games and how comfortable you are about competing there. I and how comfortable you are about competing there. Competing there. I guess i am comfortable competing there. I guess i am comfortable completing competing there. I guess i am comfortable completing their| competing there. I guess i am comfortable completing their only because i want to make the most of the opportunity and that is where the opportunity and that is where the games are, so i need to kind of just deal with that and be the best i possibly can given the circumstances, but in my opinion i dont think any country should be allowed to host the games if they have appalling human rights stances. I think that the ioc should take a stance against a lot of these atrocities and stand up for important issues and not granting the countries in the right to host the countries in the right to host the games could create positive change in those places, and maybe not even letting them compete. I know the olympics are so important for china and they are so high up in the medal tally that i feel by taking a stance against them in a real, tangible way, you could probably make some positive change, but its all about money, it seems like. Y. , but its all about money, it seems like. ,. But its all about money, it seems like. ,. ,. ,. , like. Do you have any intention of rotestin like. Do you have any intention of protesting out like. Do you have any intention of protesting out invasion . Like. Do you have any intention of i protesting out invasion . Protesting b sueakin protesting out invasion . Protesting by speaking pp protesting out invasion . Protesting by speaking up for protesting out invasion . Protesting by speaking up for what protesting out invasion . Protesting by speaking up for what i protesting out invasion . Protesting by speaking up for what i believe i protesting out invasion . Protesting by speaking up for what i believe in and using my voice and platform to stand up for those ideals, but not protesting in terms of not competing. I dont think that is the way to create change. The diplomatic boycott sends a message but i also dont think it really does anything. Are you worried about any kind of backlash you might get from china . Yes. Yes, i mean the chinese commonest party is frightening and i have got less e mails about how to prepare for the games in terms of Packing Lists or anything as i have Cyber Security threats and bringing your phone and using social media over there. Your phone and using social media overthere. Its your phone and using social media over there. Its a little scary. Clearly, as weve seen recently, its not above the Communist Party to stifle and do these scary things, so of course there is a little bit of a fear. I dont want to be the person that is taking them on but i always been someone who is a Firm Believer in speaking up for what you do believe in and choosing your voice, and i think when you have a platform you are expected to usual voice and an even bigger way because you have a way to amplify your message, so i dont even want to try to speak out against china or take on china or anything, ifeel like i am more directing my message at the ioc. I dont think the ioc should grant these countries the right to host if they have Human Rights Issues or if there is genocide in the country or stances against lgbtq , you should get to host the games. Beijing will be your last competition. I games. Beijing will be your last competition games. Beijing will be your last cometition. ~. ,. , competition. I know you have many strinas competition. 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Itsl the end of a chapter which is kind of scary but i think the excitement is it is also the beginning of a new chapter and whatever it is i do, hopefully, will not be something where i am scared of getting hurt, which this has been. Ive been writing some random essays that i would like to spend some time continuing writing that and i want to take Acting Classes and continue to take Acting Classes and continue to try and hone that craft because its something im excited about and keep auditioning and i guess, who knows . I keep auditioning and i guess, who knows . , , keep auditioning and i guess, who knows . , ,. , knows . I guess it is difficult to ask this when knows . I guess it is difficult to ask this when you knows . I guess it is difficult to ask this when you are knows . I guess it is difficult to ask this when you are kind knows . I guess it is difficult to ask this when you are kind of. Ask this when you are kind of fighting a bit of a battle to make sure you are 100 for beijing, but provided you do get their 100 , what are your hopes out there . To provided you do get their 100 , what are your hopes out there . Are your hopes out there . To win the ol mics . Are your hopes out there . To win the olympics . Are are your hopes out there . To win the olympics . Are you are your hopes out there . To win the olympics . Are you not are your hopes out there . To win the olympics . Are you not supposed are your hopes out there . To win the olympics . Are you not supposed to i olympics . Are you not supposed to say that . Everyone is always so coy about it. I guess you dont want to focus on the result because it is a judged sport, not like a race, so its kind of out of your hands but i guess that i would like to land the best run i possibly can, the best way i possibly can make it through into the finals and just put down a run that im really, really happy with and if its going to be my last competition i want to walk away with my head held high and know that i gaveit my head held high and know that i gave It Everything and if that ends up gave It Everything and if that ends up with a gold or bronze medal or no medal, i want to know i did everything i could. fin medal, i want to knowl did everything i could. Medal, i want to knowl did everything i could. On his skis and off it, gus everything i could. On his skis and off it, Gus Kenworthy everything i could. On his skis and off it, Gus Kenworthy has everything i could. On his skis and off it, Gus Kenworthy has always i off it, Gus Kenworthy has always shown daring. As he battles up for his final olympics, he is laying it all on the line. Last night we had a visit from the Aurora Borealis across scotland and im going to get out of the way for a moment so you can really enjoy these weather watch pictures. This first one was sent in from the peterhead area of aberdeenshire and across Western Scotland we also had the aurora visible from argyll and bute. The weather today is a mixed bag of weather fortunes. The south and east of the country staying dry and bright and pretty mild. Many of us will see some rain and strong winds today, particularly across North Western areas and as colder air moves in later today we will start to see some of the rain turn to snow in parts of scotland, so a lot going on. On The Big Picture we have the weather front, a cold front bringing the rain south across much of the uk with some strong, gusty winds as well and that Rain Moving Southwards Into Parts of north west england and wales, still east anglia and much of southern England Holding temperatures on the mild side, eight to 10 degrees but maybe not feeling mild given the gusty winds, reaching 55 mph and gusts for Western Scotland where it will feel quite chilly this afternoon. Overnight the band of rain continues to slowly push southwards with the rain turning heavier later in the night across wales in the south west and the wind picking appear as well. All the while, we will see showers piling into scotland increasingly falling as snow. There could be some accumulations of snow particularly overnight in sunday morning. Ten to 15 centimetres possible over the high ground but even lower down you might see a few centimetres, so there could well be some localised disruption with snow and ice a hazard as we start the morning here. Further south, wet start to tomorrow across england and wales but the rain clears away quickly and the afternoon is brighter for most of us with a mixture of sunshine and showers. The majority of the showers across North Western areas, where there will be snow in parts of scotland, particularly over the hills away from the western coast, a cold day, four celsius and feeling colder than that in the gusty north westerly winds. Beyond that, a warm front moving in which will boost the temperatures over the next couple of days. There will be a bit of rain around but 14 degrees on tuesday very mild for london and the rest of the week looking brighter with temperatures close to normal. Good morning. The government is strengthening the law to force social Media Companies to take down illegal content without waiting for it to be reported by users. Under the Online Safety bill, firms will have to remove a number of categories of illegal material with several more now being added, including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide. Sanchia berg reports