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January 27, 2012

Skating champ says new husband supportive of his latest Olympic bid

Johnny Weir placed sixth in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and is determined to improve upon that result when the next Olympics take place in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.

Much has happened to the skating star since the last Olympics: He publicly came out as a gay man on the pages of his autobiography released in 2011; He became the star of his own reality show; and on New Year's Eve, he married Victor Voronov in New York City.

January 27, 2012

Johnny Weir is on comeback trail

Skating champ says new husband supportive of his latest Olympic bid

Johnny Weir placed sixth in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and is determined to improve upon that result when the next Olympics take place in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.

Much has happened to the skating star since the last Olympics: He publicly came out as a gay man on the pages of his autobiography released in 2011; He became the star of his own reality show; and on New Year's Eve, he married Victor Voronov in New York City.

January 2, 2012

Johnny Weir gets married!

Olympic skater ties the knot with Victor Voronov over the weekend

Johnny Weir did a lot more than celebrate the New Year over the weekend: he also got married.

The skating star tweeted this simple message on Saturday: 'I'm married!'

The other groom is Georgetown Law School grad Victor Voronov who quickly changed his twitter name to Victor Weir-Voronov and posted a photo of the newly-wed pair.

'Ringing in the New Year with my new hubby!' he wrote.