I Know That Guy...
By Keith Boykin, in sports
Friday, July 21 2006, 11:19AM
One of the strange things about competing in a public gay sporting event is that you never know who is taking your picture or filming you, and you never know where it's going to show up. Take, for example, this photo of a wrestler stretching at the Gay Games. Turns out the photo is a picture of me. I found it on a web site called Amat victoria curam!.
One of the other odd things about the competition is figuring out the languages of all the people who come to an international sporting event. In this case, I don't speak the language so I could not understand what the blogger wrote on his site. The photo caption reads in Dutch:
"De Gay Games 2006 zijn begonnen. Hier zie je Keith Boykin aan het stretchen voordat hij begint met zijn worstelpartij. De spelen zijn dit jaar in Chicago, maar over een week zijn er ook Gay Games (Out Games) in Montreal. Er was weer eens ruzie over de organisatie en dus hebben we dit jaar twee Games... :-)"
So I took the text to a free translation service on the Internet and figured it out. It says: "The Gay Games 2006 have begun. Here is Keith Boykin shown stretching before he works out. The games take place this year in Chicago, but a week from now there is also the Out Games in Montreal. Once again there was a quarrel over the organization and thus we have this year two Games."
The other photo shows an exhausted wrestler who has just finished a match. I didn't recognize the guy at first, but it turns out that was me too. I had just lost my first match and I was ready to go home and call it a day. Both photos were taken by Reuters photographer John Gress, who covered the wrestling competition at the Gay Games.
- See all photos from the wrestling competition
- Photo taken after losing the first match (Reuters)
- Photo of stretching wrestler (Reuters)
Comments conceal
Jeff Hobbs
July 21 2006, 12:19PM
What a body!! You look like a fun date with all that flexibility!:)lol..I love your pecs. They're so perfect!:)
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July 21 2006, 12:44PM
I'm glad you ended up victorious. Despite all it took to get there and the fact that your preparations didn't go as planned, you did it! Bravo!
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July 21 2006, 1:20PM
Keith!
Congratulations!!! What an amazing debut in the Gay Games you have had. As I indicated when we chatted on Sunday, your remarks during the Opening Ceremonies were eloquent, memorable, and powerfully delivered. To cap that triumph off with a GOLD MEDAL. Simply awesome!
I am kicking myself for not making the journey out to Ryan Auditorium again on Monday afternoon. I ended up scoring a ticket to ballroom dancing and took that in instead.
Give me a call when you return to NYC. I would love to get to get together for lunch sometime. If we do it in August, maybe I can introduce you to the Congressman (assuming you haven't already met him).
In any event, kudos for all your successes this week.
Cheers,
Arturo
phoenix
July 21 2006, 4:12PM
That's a great shot. I thought I was on Hoodsworld or Most Proper for a minute.
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July 21 2006, 6:28PM
Feels weird,huh? Will you be in Montréal for the OUT GAMES?
Steve
July 21 2006, 7:58PM
I think it says something about your "hot sausage." (worstelpartij)
*wink*
Psun
July 21 2006, 8:25PM
wow... well, at least its a good shot! lol Let me find out that you are the flavor of the month on some Dutch blog site... lol
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July 22 2006, 9:07AM
You make our age look SOOOOOO damn good.
Congrats boy. And keep that body flexible. ;)
T
July 22 2006, 1:08PM
Hey if you go to www.freetranslation.com you can get a rough translation of the Dutch. See here.
"The Gay Games 2006 are begun. Here your Keith Boykin at the stretchen see begins before he with its worstelpartij. The games its this year in Chicago, but its there a week from now also Gay Games (Out Games) in Montreal. There was again once quarrel over the organization and thus we have this year two Games...
Jeff
July 23 2006, 2:41PM
A beautiful photo of a beautiful man! You are a rare bird indeed.
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