and has dual citizenship, said he started thinking about making the switch two Olympics ago. This will be his final Olympics, and they're notable for another reason: He’s jumped the pond to ski for the Great Britain team. Kenworthy has since gotten considerably more famous than your average skier, starring in a season of American Horror Story, booking a Prada campaign, and regularly posting thirst traps for his 1.2 million Instagram followers. “I had this weight off my shoulders, and I was free,” he says. Shortly after, he came out as gay-a rare admission in the bro-ified world of extreme sports, but one that he says led him to have the best season of his career. but made headlines for adopting a family of dogs that included two puppies.
Kenworthy first broke out at the 2014 Sochi Games, where he nabbed the silver for Team U.S.A. Though he’s only 30, in freestyle skier years that means he's about due for his AARP card. “I know that I have more in the tank, but I am very much nearing my expiration date,” Gus Kenworthy says with a world-weary laugh.
