Name: The day Gareth Thomas took on his haters and the Iron Man challenge - BBC
Uploaded: 2020-03-26T06:51:33.000Z
Duration: 4 min 34 s
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Saturday evening. I release a video on to social media.

Hello. I'm Gareth Thomas and I want to share my secret with you.

And because I believe in you and I trust you.

At the same time, my interview with the Sunday Mirror goes online.

The former Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas

The former Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas has revealed...

But I don't want to see any of it, so I head for my bed.

Tomorrow, I will compete in my first-ever Ironman.

Tomorrow I will face the world as a man living with HIV.

But tomorrow, will the world want to face me?

There you are. That's me, look, in the yellow cap.

Six months ago, I couldn't swim full stop.

Today, I swim two and a half miles at sea in one hour and 20 minutes.

I'm not really aware of how people are reacting to me, to my news.

stripped down, slowed down, easily recognisable,

that it begins to sink in how people are reacting to me.

still scared of what lies in front of me.

Then, as I hit the main street, I see my mum and Stephen

Relieved that finally, at 45 years of age,

amazing achievements, this is my biggest.

To appear for the first time ever in front of 40,000 people,

in front of the nation, in front of the world

And Gareth's husband, Stephen, presents the medal.

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The day Gareth Thomas took on his haters and the Iron Man challenge - BBC

literally

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