
Jennifer Abel returned home with an Olympic medal around her neck, and now she has a diamond ring on her finger.
The Laval, Quebec, diver returned home from Tokyo, after winning silver in synchronized diving last week, alongside partner MƩlissa Citrini-Beaulieu. Due to COVID-19 restrictions at the Olympics, athletes are required to leave the country 48 hours after their event finishes.
Abel received a warm welcome at Pierre-Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, as you would expect for an Olympic medal winner. But she also received a pleasant surprise.
Abel’s boyfriend, boxer David Lemieux, got down on one knee and popped the question.
And of course she said yes.
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“I said YES to my soulmate,” Abel wrote on Instagram.
“Proud to call you my woman, what better way to seal the deal then [sic] with a [ring],” Lemieux added.
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