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This gay rugby player proposed to her GF after winning an Olympic medal & our hearts are melting
Alev Kelter won a medal — and put a ring on it!
Paris is the City of Love — and the Olympics are proving it!
Team USA rugby sevens star Alev Kelter is having one of the best weeks of her life, winning an Olympic bronze medal and getting engaged to her girlfriend, fellow rugby player Kathryn Treder.
The moment was captured on camera and posted to Instagram by skateboarder Heimana Reynolds, who competed in the Tokyo Olympics.
"@alevkelter went straight from getting bronze to getting down on one knee!! Here are some captures from that special moment," Reynolds wrote in a post along with a video of the proposal as well as several photos.
"Back story - I have never done any sort of proposal photography but when @alevkelter told me her plan and asked me if I would like to capture this moment, I felt absolutely honored," Reynolds continued. "I am so thankful to Alev and the Kelter family for welcoming me in and trusting me to capture this once in a lifetime moment. I am so happy for you guys."
The proposal took place at the Paris Museum of Modern Art, where the two Alaskan-based athletes were on a date.
The video shows Kelter getting down on one knee in front of a wall-size mural and proposing to her smiling girlfriend. It also shows Kelter's 96-year-old grandmother congratulating them.
Treder posted about the news on her own Instagram, congratulating her now fiancé on her bronze medal, the first for U.S. women's sevens rugby.
"I'm so beyond proud of my Olympic medalist and all that she has accomplished," she wrote. "Alev, you've been grinding, fighting, and putting your head where people don't want to put their feet. Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance has paid off in the most incredible way. Now, you get to add a bronze olympic medal to the long list of your incredible accomplishments!"
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
