Finish Line Proposal

September 7, 2021 7:05 am Published by

After racing in the women’s 200m dash prelims for athletes at the para games Cape Verde’s Keula Nidreia Pereira Semedo received a diamond-size surprise from her guide runner and partner of 11 years, Manuel Antonio Vaz da Veiga. 

 

He got down on one knee and proposed! Watch the sweet video above.

 

“With the proposal there’s just too many emotions going on right now,” Semedo said after the race. “I don’t have words to explain how I feel.” Semedo continued, “These were my first Paralympic Games and with my age and speed I was actually thinking about stopping afterwards. But now I have an additional motivation to carry on after the Games, always with him by my side.”.

 

Though they didn’t qualify through to the finals, it’s safe to say that their future seems to have gotten off to a golden start

 

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This post was written by Dave Palmer