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Athletes getting engaged at the 2026 Winter Olympics so far.
Summary
Several athletes at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics have announced engagements, including alpine skier Breezy Johnson and figure skater Olivia Smart.
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The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics have been the setting for several on-site engagement announcements during the Games. Romantic moments have been reported alongside competition results and shared through interviews and social posts. The instances reported include proposals that took place at race finishes, on city streets and after qualification rounds. Coverage has focused on a small number of athletes and their partners.
Notable engagements:
- Breezy Johnson: The alpine skier had won a gold medal five days earlier but crashed in the Feb. 12 Super-G and did not finish. Her boyfriend, Connor Watkins, met her at the finish line and proposed with a ring in a box inscribed with a Taylor Swift lyric; Johnson told NBC she had once said she dreamed of being engaged at the Olympics.
- Olivia Smart: The figure skater, who competed for Spain and finished ninth in ice dance, was proposed to by former rival Jean-Luc Baker on the streets of Milan on Valentine’s Day. Baker filmed footage of the ring beside skating clips before proposing, and the moment was shared by the Olympics YouTube channel.
- Kateryna Kotsar: Ukrainian freestyle skier Kateryna Kotsar received a Valentine’s Day proposal from boyfriend Bohdan Fashtryha shortly after she qualified for the big air final in Livigno. She described the proposal as brief and sweet, noting he spoke in Ukrainian while asking her to marry him.
- Brittany Bowe and Hilary Knight: Team USA speedskater Brittany Bowe, who placed fourth in the 1000m, and hockey captain Hilary Knight, who had previously met Bowe at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, shared that Knight proposed during the Milan Cortina Games and Bowe accepted. Knight captioned an Instagram video, “Olympics brought us together. This one made us forever.”
Summary:
These reported engagements have added personal moments to the Milan Cortina Games and were shared publicly through interviews, social posts and event coverage. Details about wedding plans or other future arrangements were not provided in the article. Undetermined at this time.
