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Everyone's a winner at the Gay Games— but here's a list of the ones who brought home medals by Paul Harris T came through in Amsterdam.” She adds, “I was able to talk to many people from all over the world and, as a result, felt more connected.” Another gold medal winner was Corvallis Participants from across the resident Sue Gill, who took the gold medal in globe— including many from the Pacific the power-lifting competition. She squat-lifted Northwest— competed in 29 events, including 253 pounds, bench-pressed 130 pounds and lift billiards, sport climbing, table tennis, karate ed a dead weight of 341 pounds to win her and bridge. medal. The week-long Gay Games, the theme of Gill, who works in a correctional institu which was “Friendship through Culture and tion, was struck by the international aspects of Sports," wrapped up Aug. 8. the event: “Especially at the opening cere While sports were the central focus, there monies, it hits you that we come from all over were literally hundreds of other events going on the world.” simultaneously, including Another Team Oregon performances by singer gold medal winner was Grace Jones and actor Terence Hutch, who scored Harvey Fierstein. There in the team body-building were also many exhibits event. and discussions detailing Hal G loff picked up a different aspects of queer bronze playing bridge. G loff life. Banners and posters says the Dutch Bridge advertising the G am es Federation— the second were everywhere. largest national bridge fed According to the eration in the world— was Washington Post, each “wonderful and very hos night gay men and lesbians pitable.” “from different parts of the Team Oregon also world flocked to story picked up a medal via Tom telling hours to relate their Chun, who nabbed a bronze coming-out experiences.” in his division of the 200- O fficially -san ction ed meter breast stroke. and unofficial parties were O ther medal winners held every night. Som e include Ellen Carder, who athletes were seduced by earned silver in martial arts the scene and chose to forms; triathlete Jill drop out of their events Sprinter Dawn Collins; at top: Tom Schuldt, who also took because they had been par Chun home a silver medal; and tying too late the previous Rhonda Fleischm an of night. Som e marathon Brownsville, who nabbed the gold in the mar runners opted to run the half-marathon instead tial arts forms competition for women 40 and of the full 26-mile version because of lack of over. sleep. T he fifth quadrennial Gay Games in Amsterdam came to an end after a record-breaking 14,700-plus ath letes took part. eam Oregon did well, winning numerous medals. Track and field competitor Dawn Collins, 39, for example, took the gold in the 100 meters and the silver in the 200 meters. She describes attending the Amsterdam Games as “one of the most memorable events of my life.” C ollins made up her mind to go to Amsterdam four years ago while at the New York-based Gay Games, where she had won a bronze medal. A veteran of two previous Gay Games, she felt “the theme of friendship really here was some controversy at the Games, too. Due to poor organizing, the International Skating Union had not been approached to either sanction the skating competition or, alternatively, to grant a waiver to the skaters. A s a result, the competitive aspect of the event had to be canceled and the skaters presented a public demonstration of their sport. Some participants were so enraged they dis cussed bringing a class action suit against the G ay Gam es for negligence. T