Kei Koizumi faces plenty of hurdles at the office, dealing with budgetary and policy issues in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. And last weekend he won a gold medal for clearing some others — literally. Koizumi, 41, earned gold last Thursday in the 110-meter hurdles at the 8th International Gay Games, held in Cologne, Germany. He completed the race in 23.25 seconds, placing first in the 40 to 44-year-old age group.

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