Paris 2024: French runner Alice Finot proposes to her boyfriend with an Olympic pin after her steeplechase race
Finot finished fourth in 8 minutes, 58.67 seconds on Tuesday and then ran over to the stands where she found her boyfriend, Spanish triathlete Bruno Martinez.
Published : Aug 08, 2024 18:13 IST - 1 MIN READ
French runner Alice Finot got down on one knee and proposed to her boyfriend after her Olympic steeplechase race, attaching a “Love is in Paris” pin to his shirt. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Rarely has an Olympic pin contained so much love.
When French runner Alice Finot got down on one knee and proposed to her boyfriend after her Olympic steeplechase race, she attached a “Love is in Paris” pin to his shirt.
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“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,” Finot said.
Finot finished fourth in 8 minutes, 58.67 seconds on Tuesday and then ran over to the stands where she found her boyfriend, Spanish triathlete Bruno Martinez.
“I don’t like doing things like everyone else,” Finot said. “Since he hadn’t done it yet, I thought maybe it was up to me.”