Olympic hockey player Caruth comes out as gay: 'Best thing I’ve done in my life'

DIFFERENCE-MAKER: Peter Caruth in his player-coach role with Annadale, April 2017. Picture: Adrian Boehm

Olympic hockey player Peter Caruth is hopeful his decision to publicly come out as gay will help other elite sportsmen to be more comfortable in their own skin.

In so doing, Caruth - who has played for Ireland 142 times - has become the first international hockey player to come out and just the second Irish male Olympian after taekwondo’s Jack Woolley.