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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-16T09:26:16.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nFigure skating stars Olivia Smart and Jean-Luc Baker have announced their engagement following a romantic Valentine's Day proposal in Milan, Italy.\n\nThe pair, who spent years as rivals on the ice, are now set to unite off the rink after Baker popped the question on Saturday.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSpanish skater Smart and the former Team USA Olympic ice dancer revealed the happy news to fans via Instagram, where well-wishers quickly flooded the comments with congratulations.\n\nAfter competing against one another throughout their careers, the couple will now begin a new chapter together as they prepare for married life.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nThe proposal unfolded on the streets of the Italian city, with Baker dropping to one knee while Smart stood beneath an umbrella, momentarily lost for words before exclaiming \"yes\" and embracing her new fiancé with a kiss.\n\nBaker documented the lead-up to the special moment in a video montage posted to Instagram, which he titled \"It's always been you\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe footage revealed he had been carrying the engagement ring with him in the stands whilst Smart performed in competition just days earlier.\n\nThe couple also shared photographs capturing the emotional scene, offering fans a glimpse of the romantic milestone.\n\n### LATEST SPORTS NEWS:\n\n\n\n\n  * Team GB dragged into controversial Winter Olympics curling row as punishment dished out\n  * Luke Littler treats 15 of his friends just hours after health struggles in Premier League\n  * Sheffield Wednesday fan requires hospital treatment after having ear BITTEN before Millwall clash\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAlthough Smart did not secure a medal in the ice dance event last week, finishing in ninth position alongside her skating partner Tim Dieck, she will depart Italy with something far more precious – an engagement ring.\n\nBaker, who previously represented the United States as an Olympic ice dancer, achieved what he might consider his greatest victory yet when Smart accepted his proposal.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nDespite not reaching the podium in competition, Smart's time in Milan proved unforgettable for entirely different reasons, as she traded the disappointment of her ninth-place result for the joy of becoming engaged to her former rival.\n\nFans were quick to share their delight at the announcement, with one follower commenting: \"That was so precious. Congratulations.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAnother wrote: \"I'm in tears. Congratulations.\"\n\nA third message simply read: \"Omg congratulations!! So happy for you.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSmart marked the occasion with her own Instagram post, sharing the photographs alongside the caption \"14.02.26\" – commemorating the date she became engaged in the Italian city.\n\nThe images posted by both skaters captured the raw emotion of the moment, as the former competitors prepare to write an entirely new chapter together, this time as partners for life rather than rivals on the ice.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Winter Olympics rivals get engaged after years of competing against each other"
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