"We had a really special moment where we kind of realized on a gondola that this is more than just a friend like a hug that spoke a thousand words kind of thing,"
"[I] realized, 'Oh my gosh, this is not just something like a small attraction here.'"
"In Italy would be a perfect way for our forever journey [to] start together, because of skiing in the mountains,"
"I made a joke one time like: I proposed, now it's your turn, and she will not let that go."
Many Winter Games athletes are romantically involved with fellow competitors, teammates, or athletes from different sports. U.S. Paralympians Oksana Masters and Aaron Pike first met at a Para Nordic competition in 2013 and bonded over coffee before connecting more deeply at the 2014 Sochi Games. Pike proposed in 2022 on a gondola in Wyoming. Masters has publicly gone dress shopping and brought her two Paris 2024 gold medals. The couple considered marrying after the Paralympics in Italy while families are already gathered, and they discussed Italy's mountains and joked about wedding planning responsibilities.
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