LGBTQ athletes win more medals at the Olympics than nearly 200 other nations

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games- Monument of Olympic Rings
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Although they’re taking place more than a year after they were initially planned and amidst an ongoing pandemic affecting millions around the world, the 2020 Olympics were still held, and just like that, they’ve come to an end.

While the United States finished with the most medals in the end, Team LGBTQ gained the most from the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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“Team LGBTQ,” as they’ve been dubbed, had more athletes at the Games than 190 of the 206 participating Olympic squads — 205 from different countries or independently-participating territories (such as Puerto Rico and American Samoa), and one team made of refugee athletes.

182 different LGBTQ athletes made an Olympics team, representing 30 different countries in 34 of the 46 sports. All in all, they earned 56 medals between them, which would put them in sixth as an official Olympic Team.

That means Team LGBTQ had more medals than 200 Olympic squads that went to Tokyo.

According to Outsports, their 56 medals are…

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