{"id":116184,"date":"2024-08-04T22:56:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T22:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/team-usa-shotputter-payton-otterdahl-is-engaged\/"},"modified":"2024-08-04T22:56:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T22:56:55","slug":"team-usa-shotputter-payton-otterdahl-is-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/team-usa-shotputter-payton-otterdahl-is-engaged\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA Shotputter Payton Otterdahl Is Engaged"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Team USA shotputter Payton Otterdahl<\/strong> is engaged.<\/p>\n

The Olympian, 28, proposed to his girlfriend, Maddy Nilles<\/strong>, on Sunday, August 4, in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. \u201cMeanwhile, in the City of Love\u2026I love you forever, Maddy Nilles!\u201d he wrote via Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His sweet post was accompanied by several photos of the happy couple embracing in front of the famous landmark, including a romantic snap of Otterdahl dipping his new fiance while they kissed.<\/p>\n

One day before the picturesque proposal, Otterdahl finished fourth<\/a> in the shot put at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games. Team USA still took home two medals, as Ryan Crouser<\/strong> won the gold with a 22.90-meter throw and Joe Kovacs<\/strong> snagged silver. Jamaica\u2019s Rajindra Campbell<\/strong> took the bronze.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Celebrity Engagements of 2024<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tMany stars are taking their relationships to the next level in 2024 by getting engaged. Less than one month after Bachelor in Paradise season 9 alum Brayden Bowers revealed that he was dating fellow Bachelor Nation personality Christina Mandrell, he proposed. \u201cI just knew that there was something special, and there was something different, and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Per Team USA<\/a>, Crouser\u2019s win makes him the first shot putter in Olympic history to win three consecutive gold medals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrowing a 16-pound ball is not easy on the body \u2013 throwing it as hard as you can, as far as you can beats you up,\u201d Crouser told reporters after the event on Saturday. \u201cBeing the first to win three is a testament to just how much shot does beat you up.<\/p>\n

Otterdahl had been in third place after the first round, but he was passed by Campbell and Kovacs. \u201cThat\u2019s just the reality of fourth place \u2014 it doesn\u2019t feel good,\u201d Otterdahl said afterward, per Team USA. \u201cI\u2019m not pleased with the performance, but it is what it is. I wish we could have made it a sweep we were close, but not close enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2024 Olympics has seen its fair share of romance since the Games began in Paris on July 26. Chinese Olympian Huang Ya Qiong<\/strong> bagged both a gold medal and an engagement ring on the same night after she and her on-court partner Zheng Siwei<\/strong> won the badminton mixed doubles final against South Korea.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Every Medal Team USA Won at the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tAs Team USA takes on the 2024 Paris Olympics, the American athletes have already made an impression at the summer Games. The 2024 Olympics kicked off on Friday, July 26, with an illustrious opening ceremony that took place entirely outdoors on the River Seine and featured performances from the likes of Celine Dion and Lady [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Shortly after the win, Huang\u2019s boyfriend and fellow Olympian, men\u2019s doubles player Liu Yuchen<\/strong>, surprised her with flowers and a ring.<\/p>\n

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