The London Olympic Games scheduled for next year must be giving the organizers of the Gay Games great concern. The unprecedented number of proud out athletes competing in the London games is turning the Gay Games into a dinosaur. The rainbow flag will be flying high, right along side the official Olympic banner, at the next set of games thanks to both well known and still under the gaydar athletes of the world.

Joining the ranks of those representing the pink team in London is the 21 year-old French hottie Florian Bou, who will compete in the Heptathlon. Florian is a pentathelete, but the penthalon (competition in five different events) was replaced by the heptathlon (seven events) in the 1984 Summer Olympics. I’d tell you what all those event are, but then the only one you are interested in is the swimming event where Florian will appear in a skimpy swimsuit.

Born in 1990, Florian is a ranked Junior World Pentathlete. He burst onto the scene in 2006 at the European Championships in Prague where he placed 14th. In 2009 he won the gold at the International German Championships for Men and Women in Bonn and the following year repeated his win at the UIPM Junior World Championships held in Hungary. He’ll be representing his home country, as well as our team, at the Olympic Summer Games in 2012.

Florian comes from a family of competitive athletes. His grandfather was in France’s rugby team, his father was part of France’s Olympic swimming team, and his brother is a swimmer too. While in college, competing in swimming events, a coach saw him and suggested he try the penthalon. Florian says he had to familiarize himself with the other events, including learning how to ride a horse. Says Florian, “The hardest part was running because I was not a good runner; I was overweight and I had to run at altitude.”

Off the track and out of the water, Florian is in parallel studies at the Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (Insep) in France. His typical day of study and workouts runs from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.. Asked about how his training schedule impacts his love life he says, “I have tried several times … I finish training late, I’m tired, it’s hard to see someone, they can not come to Insep. I am not very available, including the weekend … a boyfriend who is willing to go a month without seeing you, it’s not possible!”

Florian needs to forget the relationships and think quickies instead. He’s young, hot, and would have little problem finding eager partners.