Watch: Love Thrives As French Athlete Proposes Boyfriend Post Olympic Race

French athlete Alice Finot participated in the 3000m steeplechase event's final. She may not have won the race or any medal, but she managed to break the European record for the event. Soon after her record-breaking performance, she popped a pin and asked the 'loveliest question' to her then-boyfriend and now fiancé right after the race. 

Although many controversies may have surrounded the Paris Olympics 2024, it also gave some heart-warming moments like these. After all, nothing have been a better and suitable place for an athlete on the track field in the city of romance to propose to love her life and start their eternal lifetime of togetherness than this. Not just competitive spirit, but love has been in the air in Paris as the Olympic Games witnessed several proposals after the events had taken place. 

Finot's First move for Proposal stans everyone

Finot and her boyfriend, Bruno Martinez, who is also a triathlete from Spain, have been together for nine years as they begin their happily ever after. The video of Finot soon went viral on the internet with her walking towards the stands after finishing the race. Upon reaching, she pulled out a pin with a message and kneeled on one knee to propose to her boyfriend with the enthusiastic and supportive crowd cheering for the couple at the moment.

French athlete came in fourth in the 3000m steeplechase, a European record, and asked for her boyfriend's hand ...pic.twitter.com/ofs9DocirE

— Figen (@TheFigen_) August 7, 2024

"I told myself that if I ran under nine minutes, knowing that nine is my lucky number and we have been together nine years, then I would propose," Finot told reporters afterwards. "I don't like doing things the same way as everyone else. Since he hadn't done it yet, I thought that maybe it was up to me," she added.

However, Finot was not the only athlete to get engaged during the Games, as Chinese badminton player Huang Ya Qiong said yes to a wedding proposal by Li Yuchen, another member of China's badminton team, after winning gold in badminton's mixed doubles event. As the events of the Paris Olympics unfold, the hidden stories of love behind these hardworking players outshines throughout.