Megan Rapinoe, Sue Chook stun collectively in Central Park
Megan Rapinoe and Sue Chook have been wanting their finest in New York Metropolis.
The couple posed for photos in Central Park close to Columbus Circle on Tuesday for a photograph shoot.
America ladies’s soccer icon and basketball legend every wore grey tops, with Rapinoe exhibiting off a “1985” tattoo on her chest in the course of the shoot.
1985 occurs to be the 12 months the two-time World Cup winner was born.
The 2 have been first related in 2017, not lengthy after they met in the course of the 2016 Summer time Olympics.
One 12 months into courting, they posed collectively for ESPN The Journal’s Physique Situation, turning into the primary brazenly homosexual couple to take action.
“I feel neither of us actually desires to only do issues and be like, ‘We’re the homosexual couple’,” Rapinoe advised ESPN then. “However to have this actually distinctive automobile to really do this, to rejoice who we’re in our sport, but in addition the truth that we’ll be the primary homosexual couple, is fairly particular. It’s fairly superb to consider, particularly within the instances we’re in. Simply consider how far we’ve come, but in addition the present local weather and defiance within the face of that. Not solely are we feminine athletes, however we’re courting as nicely. It’s sort of badass.”
The 2 retired from their respective sports activities one 12 months aside, with Chook hanging up her sneakers in 2022 and Rapinoe calling it a profession in 2023.
Chook, a Syosset, New York native, completed as a 13-time WNBA All-Star and five-time Olympic gold medalist.
Rapinoe retired after enjoying in 4 World Cups, the place she scored 9 objectives and tallied 9 assists whereas serving to the U.S. to 2 event wins.
