Mitcham is the first Aussie to win diving gold since 1924, but that's not the only thing that makes him a trailblazer. He is hardly the first gay athlete to compete but he is one of the first to be out while competing. American diver Greg Louganis did not share his orientation until his diving career was over. To Mitcham, he is just living his life as a gay man and as a diver, and there is nothing extraordinary about that: "Being gay and diving are completely separate parts of my life. ...