"The couple shared the happy news Wednesday on Instagram with a video of Knight getting down on one knee to pop the question. "Olympics brought us together. This one made us forever," reads the caption of the video, which also features Bowe showing off her new hardware while in the arms of her fiancée. According to the Associated Press, Knight had been thinking about proposing while at the Milan-Cortina Games "for a few months.""
""We met through the Olympics and just being a part of the Olympic spirit and the journey, I thought it would be a really full-circle moment for both of us considering it's our last time through to be able to celebrate it here and tie the knot," Knight said Wednesday after her team's final practice before its gold medal game."
"Knight and Bowe began dating at the 2022 Beijing Games after the hockey star asked to join the racer on daily walks through the Olympic village. While the athletes had previously crossed paths at other Olympic events, Beijing was when they began spending time together. The Milan-Cortina Games mark the fifth Olympics for Knight and fourth for Bowe."
Hilary Knight and Brittany Bowe are engaged after Knight proposed during the Milan-Cortina Olympics, shared via an Instagram video showing the proposal and the couple celebrating. Knight had planned the proposal for months and cited meeting through the Olympics and the Games serving as a full-circle moment since both are competing in their final Olympics. Knight and Bowe began dating at the 2022 Beijing Games after meeting in the Olympic village. Knight is a five-time Olympian with a gold and three silvers and will add another medal; Bowe is a four-time Olympian, two-time bronze medalist, and holds the 1,000m world record.
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