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Welcome to Olympics Confidential, the place we check out the lighter facet of the Tokyo 2020 Video games.

FENCER STUNNED BY MARRIAGE PROPOSAL

Argentinian fencer Maria Belen Perez Maurice might have misplaced out on an Olympic medal Monday, however she gained one thing sudden — a wedding proposal from her longtime coach and associate.

Perez Maurice had simply been crushed within the girls’s saber when Lucas Guillermo Saucedo determined to erase the sting by popping the query on digicam — flashing a handwritten signal that learn “Will you marry me, please?”

In 2010, Perez Maurice parried her 17-year associate’s proposal with a rejection — however this time her guard was down and he or she determined to make the leap.

“They (the press) informed me to show round and he had the letter. I forgot every thing. I used to be like, ‘Oh my God,’” mentioned the world No. 27, who misplaced 15-12 to Hungary’s Anna Marton.

“We’re very completely satisfied. We’re excellent companions. In fact, we’ve got fights, however we take pleasure in one another’s time. We love one another a lot, and we wish to spend our lives collectively. We’re going to have fun in Buenos Aires with an enormous barbecue,” she added.

– NY Post

ROBOT SPARKS BRUTAL BEN SIMMONS JOKES

Poor Ben Simmons.

The Aussie NBA star turned a meme for the improper causes when Philly crashed and burned within the playoffs, throughout which Simmons was scorched for his horrible free throw capturing and hesitation on offense.

Simmons‘ playoffs bomb has led to him seemingly being traded away from the 76ers and to him withdrawing from the Olympics so he might deal with bettering his “expertise”.

And simply as he thought the jokes have been achieved with, a robotic on courtroom throughout Workforce USA‘s spherical one loss has led a bunch of NBA Twitter varieties to make the identical brutal Ben Simmons gags.

ADORABLE TODDLER GOES VIRAL

A younger Olympics fan was captured in a heartwarming video joyfully cheering on the feminine opponents within the 2020 weightlifting competitors — marveling at how sturdy the athletes are within the now-viral clip.

“The ladies are so sturdy!” the curly-haired toddler mentioned within the TikTok video as she sat on the sofa, watching the competitors on TV.

“Take a look at that pole! And robust fingers, I want I had sturdy fingers,” she continues within the cute footage.

The clip, posted on Saturday through the girls’s 49kg weightlifting competitors in Tokyo, exhibits the child’s astonishment when she noticed the heavy lifters.

“They’re so sturdy! They will raise heavy issues,” the child exclaimed.

“Cuz they’re so sturdy!” she continued as she giggled and cheered on the opponents, telling them, “You are able to do it!”

– NY Post