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Or consider Greg Louganis, perhaps the greatest Olympic diver ever, who learned his craft across the county.

Greg Louganis wasn’t supposed to compete at the 1988 Olympics.

Louganis was 28 years old and had every reason to believe he wouldn’t make it to 30.

“I was told, ‘Get your affairs in order, because chances are, you probably only have two more years to live,’” the now 64-year-old Louganis recalls during a lengthy recent conversation over Zoom.

Three decades ago, Louganis was among just a small handful of openly gay elite athletes in the world.