He's Golden...

Matthew Mitcham certainly makes an eye-catching cover boy on the new issue of Austrlia's DNA magazine.

The magazine notes that Matthew brought home gold and became not just a sporting champion but an important gay role-model, too.

Here's an excerpt:
Matthew Mitcham has made both Australia and the international gay community extremely proud with his history-making, record-smashing, gold-medal-winning performance in the 10-metre platform diving finals at the Beijing Olympics, becoming Australia's first openly gay gold-medallist.

After an average start, Matthew climbed to the top of the leaders' board with a series of brilliantly executed dives. After his main threat, China's Zhou Luxin, performed his last (and worst) dive and scored a low 74.80, the door opened for Mitcham to steal the gold, effectively halting China's clean-sweep. Mitcham needed 107.30 - an incredibly high score - for his last dive to take home gold. The pressure was on. He performed his signature dive - an incredibly complex back two-and-a-half somersault, two-and-a-half twists pike - flawlessly, receiving a score of 112.10, the highest score ever to be awarded to a dive in Olympic history.