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Lesbians Bring Home the Medals at the 2008 Olympics

By Sarah Warn, AfterEllen.com
08.24.2008 4:44am EDT

The bronze medal in women’s soccer went to Germany, who beat Japan 2-0 for third place. Among the bronze medalists is 24-year-old German midfielder Linda Bresonik, who was outed last year by German tabloids. Bresonik played well early on in the Olympics, but injured her ankle in a match against Sweden during the quarterfinals.

Bresonik, left, fights for the ball with Sweden’s Linda Forsberg

After being taken off the field in stretcher, Bresonik learned she’d torn a ligament in her left ankle. She was forced to sit out the rest of the Games, and cheer her teammates on from the sidelines.

But she happily joined in the bronze medal ceremony with her teammates.

Bresonik (middle) celebrates with her teammates at the medal ceremony

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  • AJ Said: August 24th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    • The caption on the last picture says Soccer team …great report though

  • paul kay Said: August 25th, 2008 at 9:11 am

    • our world in trouble!!! this is a celebration of mediocrity.

  • michelle Said: August 26th, 2008 at 4:35 am

    • there are so many more openly gay athletes at the olympics! they just didn’t get the chance to win medals!!

  • Jerry Callaio Said: October 31st, 2008 at 11:57 am

    • if we are legislated to 2nd class citizens,why pay same taxes?churches are now political;why are they keeping their tax-exempt status??in florida i cannot adopt, so why should i pay school taxes!!!! TIME TO ACT-UP PEOPLE!

 
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