Note the proposing girl is Finot not Schmidt.
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French runner Alice Finot proposes to her boyfriend with an Olympic pin after her steeplechase race
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Alice Finot, of France, and Lea Meyer, of Germany, compete in a women’s 3000 meters steeplechase round 1 heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Alice Finot, of France, reacts after finishing fourth during the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Alice Finot, of France, reacts after a heat in the women’s 3000-meter Steeplechase at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Updated 7:03 AM EDT, August 8, 2024
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SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — 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 on his shirt.
“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.”
French runner Alice Finot proposes to her boyfriend with an Olympic pin after her steeplechase race
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 on his shirt.
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