Love In Tokyo: Coach Proposes To Athlete at The Olympics

We witnessed yet another public proposal at the Olympic games two days ago when Argentine Fencer María Belén Pérez Maurice was popped the question by her Boyfriend of 17 years, Lucas Saucedo who also happens to be her coach. She said yes of course.

This wedding proposal is the first (that we know of) at these games involving at least an athlete. At the last Olympic games 2016 at Rio, we witnessed at least five wedding proposals including the very heart warming one involving Chinese couple He Zi and Qin Kai after the former had just won herself a silver medal.

Athletes may be focused on being the best in their respective disciplines, but they also speak the Universal language of love and commendably try to balance these out. Some Athletes (particularly women) have had to walk away from sports entirely for love’s sake (be in their partners or kids, while others have managed to combine their love affairs with a successful athletics career. I briefly want to talk about some of the most successful athlete couple at the Olympic games.

To have your partner compete at the Olympics is an accomplishment that is filled with pride. Merely looking on as a spectator emanates a lot of uplifting emotions best described by the viewing partner. However, in some cases we are privileged to have witnessed couples that have simultaneously participated at the Olympic games and whose supporting roles interchange coupled with providing advice on how to compete.