Olympian gets engaged in front of cheering crowd - leaving partner in tears
ok.co.ukThere was romance in the air again at the Paris Olympics on Friday 9 August as Brazilian athlete Almir dos Santos got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend shortly after he competed in his event.
Almir had just taken part in the triple jump final when he proposed, and the romantic moment was captured on camera. Unfortunately, Almir came 11th in the triple jump final at the Stade de France, but he looked as happy as all the medal winners when his partner accepted his proposal.The crowd cheered when they realised what was happening, and watched as Almir’s girlfriend accepted his ring, started to cry, and embraced him in the stadium.
It’s not the first romantic proposal of the 2024 Olympic Games, as the boyfriends of French competitors Charline Picon and Sarah Steyaert proposed to the two sailors after they won bronze in the skiff sailing on Friday 2 August.
Sign up to OK!'s daily newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free China’s Liu Yuchen proposed to girlfriend and teammate Huang Ya Qiong shortly after she won a gold medal in the badminton mixed doubles final, while on Tuesday 6 August, Alice Pinot broke the European record in the 3000m steeplechase and then headed over to the stands where her partner Martinez Bargiela was watching, got down on one knee and presented him with a pin instead of a ring as she asked him to marry her. “I told myself that if I ran under nine minutes, knowing that nine is my lucky number and that we’ve been together for nine years, then I would propose,” she told Metro after recording a time of eight minutes and 58.67 seconds. “I don’t like doing things like everyone else.
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