SI.com · Jan 9, 2022
Timothy LeDuc Set to Become First Out Nonbinary Winter Olympian
American pair skater Timothy LeDuc made history not once but twice this week when they became the first out nonbinary athlete to make a Winter Olympic team and broke a U.S. Figure Skating Championships record with partner Ashley Cain-Gribble.
The pair earned 79.39 points for their short program, which is set to “The White Crow,” a piece from the biographical film of the same name. Though LeDuc and Cain-Gribble had struggled with the program earlier in the season, the skaters performed in perfect unison at the national championships in Nashville, opening with a triple twist that commentator and two-time Olympian Johnny Weir described as “picture perfect.”