Kajsa Bergqvist and Peter Häggström are not just former top athletes, they are also best friends - and have both come out as gay. They decided to find out how it has been for other athletes and ask them how their coming out has affected them as people and athletes. In this episode they meet Colin Jackson, who is one of the world’s best hurdlers. The British former world champion talks about it for the first time: ‘I have never thought that I have to tell, but I do it because you ask and you are seriously interested in what I have to say,’ he says. 14 years ago, Colin Jackson finished a very successful sporting career. He had, among other things, won the World Championships twice, an Olympic silver and four Euro championship gold medals on 110-meter hurdles. He was also world record holder (12,91 seconds). During all the years as a top athlete and even after completing his career, Colin Jackson had chosen to keep silent about his sexual orientation. He simply never wanted to tell. Colin is one of six brave athletes who now tell their story in the SVT series. There could have been more, but some other major athletes who received the question declined participation. It is too sensitive an issue - for many different reasons. What should family and friends think? What do the sponsors say? The fans?
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