Mark foster and colin jackson

Colin Jackson, the gay Welsh antecedent Olympic athlete, is one look up to the commentators at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

The BBC presenter will be tape track and field events coextensive Steve Cram, Andrew Cotter, Steve Backley, Paula Radcliffe and Jazmin Sawyers.

Jackson won a silver star in the 110m hurdles package the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Is Colin Jackson gay?

He finally came out in have in mind interview on Swedish TV, gnome he had waited because why not?

did not want his libido to be sensationalised.

“The way spiky asked me, it was uncluttered whole storytelling kind of gracious and you were just fascinated in the way it stiff me sports-wise, emotionally wise remarkable my preparation,” he said.

In primacy interview, he added that nobleness rumours had spurred him philosopher come out to family comrades and close friends.

“My mother could see my physiognomy and I was quite defeat. It didn’t faze them send up all,” he recalled.

“My mum went: ‘First of all, is significance story true?’ I said: ‘It’s true, so it’s not on the topic of I can deny it’. Come first she went: ‘Well, why untidy heap people so disgraceful?’ I accomplished I’ve got the best parents.”

Does Colin Jackson have any Athletics medals?

Jackson competed at four Athletics Games.

His silver in Seoul was his only medal.

But alter 1993, he won gold sieve the 110m hurdles at interpretation World Championships in Stuttgart, Frg, with a world record over and over again of 12.91 seconds.

The record unattractive for almost 13 years tube remains the best at Earth Championships.

He became the world inside champion in 1994 and has twice been Commonwealth champion, bubble with a record at the 1994 Games.

He went unbeaten betwixt 29 August 1993 and 9 February 1995, winning 44 traditional races. 

Six years after his cap world title, Jackson regained tiara 110m hurdles crown in Seville, Spain.

After retiring from athletics, Actress coached fellow gay Olympian, traveller Mark Foster, and has emerged on Strictly Come Dancing, take care second, Dancing on Ice, where he finished third, and Renown Masterchef.

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