Proposal on the track: Paralympic sprinter gets engaged minutes after race in Tokyo
After the women's 200-meter race, one Paralympic sprinter didn't receive a gold medal but she did receive a ring from her long-time partner and guide.
Visually impaired runner Keula Nidreia Pereira Semedo of Cape Verde and her guide, Manuel Antonio Vaz da Vega, finished fourth in the race. Minutes after, Vaz da Vega walked off-camera and returned with something in his hands.
He then grabbed Semedo's hand, got down on one knee and slipped a ring on her finger. The audience clapped and cheered
BBC broadcaster Tulsen Tollett tweeted about the engagement and congratulated the pair.
"She may have missed out on the semi-finals, but she has a fiancé to go. Congrats," Tollett tweeted.
Semedo first competed in the Paralympics in 2012, and although she lives in Portugal, she runs for her home country, Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean roughly 350 miles west of the African contintent. She's been competing since 2005, and has listed her guide as her greatest influence.
Semedo was visibly overjoyed as Vaz da Veiga placed the ring on her finger before they embraced.
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