Out Olympic skeleton athlete Andrew Blaser raced with a rainbow saddle on his sled

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Andrew Blaser, 32, made history as the first out gay man to win a spot representing the United States in the winter Olympic sport of skeleton, and on Thursday, he raced with a rainbow saddle on his sled.

“It’s kinda fun! Makes me smile,” Blaser said. The saddle was reportedly a gift from his teammate, Sara Roderick.

Related: Andrew Blaser makes U.S. Olympic history as the first out gay man in this super fast ice sport

The rainbow saddle was an especially powerful statement in China, a country whose government largely opposes LGBTQ rights.

China considers LGBTQ activists to be political dissidents and subjects them to…

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