Olympian Adam Rippon on coming out before a major skating competition: 'I felt power going out there'

As the first openly gay American male to qualify for the Winter Olympics, Adam Rippon says that one’s sexuality shouldn’t matter. The recent Dancing With the Stars: Athletes champion, who took this year’s Olympic bronze medal in the figure skating team event, tells Yahoo Lifestyle he considers himself first and foremost a dangerous competitor. “Growing up as a figure skater, I was even more resistant to coming out and being gay.