Caitlyn Jenner graces Sports Illustrated cover to mark Olympic gold medal anniversary

Caitlyn Jenner has graced the cover of Sports Illustrated to mark 40 years since she won gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.

Jenner, 66, posed with the medal around her neck for the first time in four decades and said she hopes her shoot will bring attention to transgender-related issues.

"What I’m dealing with now, this is about who you are as a human being,” she told the publication. “What did I do for the world in 1976, besides maybe getting a few people to exercise a little bit? I didn’t make a difference in the world."

The I Am Cait star said she was “disgusted” with her body when she found fame as an Olympian, but said she is thankful for the stardom which has allowed her to become an advocate for the transgender community.

“It disgusted me. I was big and thick and masculine,” she said. “The rest of the world thought it was this Greek god kind of body. I hated it. But it’s what I was given, so I just tried to do the best I could with it.”

Jenner revealed she had transitioned from Bruce to Caitlyn last summer when she unveiled her new identity on the front cover of Vanity Fair.

She said she is “proud” of Bruce, but said living as a woman has made her the happiest she has ever been in her life.

“I loved Bruce,” she said. “I still love him today. I like what he did and the way he set an example for hard work and dedication. I’m proud of that part of my life.

“But this woman was living inside me, all my life, and it reached the point where I had to let her live and put Bruce inside. And I am happier, these last 12 months, than I’ve ever been in my life.”

Read the full interview here.

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