Romance filled the air at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday as American duo Hilary Knight and Brittany Bowe got engaged.
Knight, the women’s hockey captain, posted a video on Instagram on Wednesday of the moment she proposed to speedskater Bowe.
Captioned ‘Olympics brought us together, this one made us forever,’ the video shows Knight dropping to one knee and presenting Bowe with a ring.
Bowe can be seen nodding yes before Knight then slips the ring on her finger in joyous scenes.
The two first met at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games and have been together ever since.
They have both said this year’s Olympics will be their last, with Knight appearing in her Team USA women’s hockey record fifth Games.
American duo Hilary Knight and Brittany Bowe got engaged at the Winter Olympics in Milan
The two first met at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games and have been together ever since
They have both said this year’s Olympics will be their last, with Knight appearing in her fifth
The video was posted a day before Knight and the favored U.S. team play Canada in the gold medal final. Bowe is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist.
This year, she failed to medal in her first two events by finishing fourth in the 1,000 meters and women’s team pursuit. She will close the Games competing in the 1,500 meters race on Friday.
Knight and Bowe are not the only American athletes to get engaged at this year’s Games after skier Breezy Johnson was proposed to at the finish line in Cortina last week.
The Winter Olympic downhill champion’s longtime partner Connor Watkins popped the question following the women’s super-G final.
However, the proposal on the slopes sparked controversy with the romantic moment coming after Johnson’s disappointing performance in the event, which saw her crash and fail to step onto the podium for a second time.
The ring box featured lyrics from Taylor Swift’s song ‘The Alchemy’ and the singer, who celebrated an engagement of her own last August when her NFL beau Travis Kelce proposed, had nothing but warm wishes for the happy couple.
‘“Where’s the trophy? He just comes running over to me” CONGRATULATIONS!!!,’ the 14-time Grammy Award winner wrote in the comment section of Johnson’s Instagram post, referencing her own hit, The Alchemy, from her 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department.
‘I don’t know what’s better, Olympic gold or this comment. Sourdough engagement gift please???? would love to teach you to ski,’ Johnson replied.
