Olympian Tom Bosworth Proposes To Boyfriend At Rio Games

"He said yes by the way!"

From: NewNowNext

 Olympic speed walker Tom Bosworth just got engaged to his boyfriend at the Summer Olympics in Rio, posting a picture of his proposal on Instagram.

Boyfriend Harry Dineley tweeted a picture of the ring.

Ok then. @TomBosworth x pic.twitter.com/OzGvzTeJkS

— Harry Dineley (@harryd1010) August 15, 2016

Bosworth, who came out publicly in October, had hinted he might buy an engagement ring at the airport on the way to the Games.

“If Tiffany’s in Heathrow has the ring that I want, I might even make it official when I’m out there,” he told The Gay UK.

Chill time today with this wonderful man! Spent the afternoon at a beautiful location in Rio.

A photo posted by Tom Bosworth 🇬🇧 (@tombosworth) on Aug 13, 2016 at 12:20pm PDT

In the same interview, he explained how he met Dineley.

My female friend decided to hit on him. She quite liked the look of him. Me and my other friend were sat there trying not to laugh as we quite clearly could see that he perhaps didn’t bat for that team (laughs).

She got very offended when he said ’You’re not my type.’ He was trying to be polite.

She couldn’t understand why and it was at that point that I walked up to my friend and said, ’I think he’s probably more my type, than your type.’

We got talking from there. The rest is history.

The British athlete didn’t medal in his event on Friday, but still scored an impressive sixth overall.

Bosworth and Dineley are actually the second gay couple to get engaged at the Games: The girlfriend of Brazilian rugby player Isadora Cerullo proposed last week. (Cerullo said yes, too.)