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40 Years after Winning an Olympic Gold Medal Caitlyn Jenner covers Sports Illustrated Magazine


Caitlyn Jenner covers 'Sports Illustrated,' reflects on decathlon and Bruce




In celebration of winning the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon 40 years ago, Caitlyn Jenner graces the cover of Sports Illustrated.

In an in-depth interview and an SI Films documentary, Jenner: 40 Years After Gold, the former athlete turned activist revisits her journey to winning gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games with stops at the University of Oregon, where she qualified for the Games in 1972, and San Jose City College where she trained.

Jenner also gave SI a glance at her current life at her home in Malibu.
She opened up to reporter Tim Layden about her experience at the Games. "For those two days in July of 1976, I was the best in the world at what I did," Jenner said. "On the other hand, the decathlon was my best friend, and that was over. I lost my beard."

In front of a mirror in a Montreal hotel, Jenner saw an image that "disgusted" her. "I was big and thick and masculine. The rest of the world thought it was this Greek god kind of body. I hated it. But it's what I was given, so I just tried to do the best I could with it."

But Jenner still embraces her past. "I loved Bruce," she said. "I still love him today... But this woman was living inside me, all my life, and it reached the point where I had to let her live and put Bruce inside. And I am happier, these last 12 months, than I've ever been in my life."

Jenner also believes that her work now is much more significant that her victory four decades ago. "What I'm dealing with now, this is about who you are as a human being. What did I do for the world in 1976, besides maybe getting a few people to exercise a little bit? I didn't make a difference in the world."

Source: usatoday

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