U.S. triple jumper Will Claye proposes to girlfriend after winning silver medal in Rio

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:13 p.m. ET

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Brett Smiley

After securing the silver medal with a personal-record 17.76-meter triple jump on Tuesday, Team USA's Will Claye offered some hardware to his girlfriend, U.S. hurdler Queen Harrison.

Check out her reaction (and the rock):

The 25-year-old Claye finished second to fellow Florida Gator Christian Taylor, giving Taylor and Claye a repeat of their gold-silver triple jump finish at London in 2012. Claye told NBC Sports of the engagement:

Harrison competed in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and won the gold in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2015 Pan American Championships. But she failed to qualify for Rio.

She said yes, by the way. Claye jokingly said he wasn't 100 percent sure but said he would double check without the cameras around.

Claye also has company in the Olympic Village as a Chinese diver got engaged after winning a silver, and a Brazilian women's rugby player said yes to an on-field proposal after the team won gold.

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