Romance was in the air at the track and field venue of the Tokyo Paralympics on Thursday, when a running guide surprised his partner by proposing to her after their race.
Keula Nidreia Pereira Semedo from the Atlantic island of Cabo Verde is a sprinter with visual impairment. She finished fourth in her heat for the T11 category of the women's 200-meter dash.
After the race, her guide Manuel Antonio Vaz da Veiga briefly left her on the track. When he came back, he dropped on one knee and asked Pereira Semedo to marry him.
Vaz da Veiga took a ring out of a small box and slipped it on the ring finger of her left hand.
The pair embraced, surrounded by other competitors and guides, as the stadium erupted in celebratory cheers and applause.
◆in the air 話題になって
Keula Nidreia Pereira Semedo from the Atlantic island of Cabo Verde is a sprinter with visual impairment. She finished fourth in her heat for the T11 category of the women's 200-meter dash.
After the race, her guide Manuel Antonio Vaz da Veiga briefly left her on the track. When he came back, he dropped on one knee and asked Pereira Semedo to marry him.
Vaz da Veiga took a ring out of a small box and slipped it on the ring finger of her left hand.
The pair embraced, surrounded by other competitors and guides, as the stadium erupted in celebratory cheers and applause.
◆in the air 話題になって
◆impairment （機能的な）障害 mental/visual/cognitive/hearing etc impairment
◆heat トーナメントなどの予選 part of a race or competition whose winners then compete against each other in the next part
◆embrace 抱擁する、抱き締める to put your arms around someone and hold them in a friendly or loving way 類義語 hug