Olympian Greg Rutherford - from Gay Times
gets cheeky for charity
Last weekend gold medal winning long-jumper Greg Rutherford bravely stripped off for his fans in a life drawing class arranged by Groupon to raise awareness of testicular cancer and support the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign. GT Magazine was invited to put our art skills to the test, and caught up with the Olympian before he popped in to his birthday suit.
Are you nervous about stripping off?
I'm more nervous about how I'm going to look in the drawings. End of the day, in track and field, you have to get your kit off nearly all the time. I jump in a vest and a pair of lycra shorts and at times you can have thousands upon thousands of people staring at you. You block it out, so I'm doing exactly the same thing here. I just hope it's not cold up there [in the studio].
Will you be completely starkers or are you wearing pants?
I'm wearing trunks rather than pants. I've got too bigger quads and bum so we're going with trunks over pants. Don't want anything popping out.
We can’t draw and are slightly worried about offending you…
If in doubt go big. That’s the motto for today! [Greg laughs before Tweeting: #ifindoubtgobig]
We always do! So, how important was it for you to get involved with the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign?
Very important for me because I've got a very close friend who's in remission now from testicular cancer, so it's hugely important. Detecting the signs early enough is the key message in making people more aware. Often with blokes they're not particularly keen to, first of all, talk about their bits and bobs, and secondly, go and have someone inspect them. So if guys can figure out the early signs themselves then… it can save your life.
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