Czech Athletes Who Broke Up To Focus On Paris Games Just Won Gold Together

Tennis fans worldwide are indulging in their wildest exes-to-lovers fantasies when after Czech Republic's Kateřina Siniaková and Tomas Machac won gold together at the Olympics. The couple reportedly broke up just before the Paris Olympics to focus on the Games, but fans can't help but wonder what will happen now that they have secured the gold in the mixed doubles event.

Who are they?

The now-legendary Czech tennis duo competed in the mixed doubles tennis finals on August 2, beating China's Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen to win the gold. However, it was not only this achievement that caught the media's attention but also their wholesome celebratory hug and kiss after their victory that sent their fans into a frenzy.

The couple allegedly started dating after Siniaková's gold medal victory at the 2020 Tokyo Games in the women's doubles. Machac and her confirmed their break-up ahead of they were set to participate together at the Paris Olympics. Siniaková had said, "We are such professionals that we broke up precisely so that we could fully concentrate on this medal, we succeeded, and we will see what happens after that," Mamamia reported.

However, the couple is still pretty low-key about their relationship status until now. “That’s our personal life, so you don’t need to know that,” Katerina Siniaková told a reporter, according to the Associated Press. “We like it when you are confused.” Machac has also been referring to their relationship status as “top secret” information.

What the internet is saying

The Paris Olympics has already given us enough romantic content to keep us on our toes, with an Olympian getting engaged and another's wedding ring falling into the Seine. With this most recent development in the City of Love's conspiracy to fuel all our starry-eyed desires, fans have even asked the Czech couple's story to be turned into a Hallmark film.

X user Amy O'Connor wrote in a post, “My new Olympics obsession is Kateřina Siniaková and Tomáš Macháč of Czechia, who were together for four years and recently broke up…but committed to playing mixed doubles and won the gold medal.''

Siniaková and Machac are slowly becoming this year's Olympics' most beloved ship, with fans coming up with backstories and plot lines for the two. Truly, a Colleen Hoover book waiting to happen.

This is a hallmark movie wating to happen. They win gold and realize they made a mistake and are in love with each other as they kiss on the gold metal stand

— Brandon D. Washington (@ghostzapperfan) August 3, 2024