Love Is in the Air at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan

The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing, but a chill isn’t the only thing in the Milan air. Love is in the air, too, as athlete romances steal the show.

Breezy Johnson and Connor Watkins 

Olympic gold medalist Breezy Johnson’s fiance, Connor Watkins, made her dreams come true when he proposed on Thursday at the finish line of Johnson’s super-G run  

Johnson posted the news to social media saying, “It was everything I ever dreamed of. Kind of like Connor!” The engagement went viral, even soliciting the congratulations of Taylor Swift because the custom wooden box was engraved with Swift’s song lyrics.

Earlier in the games, Breezy delivered Team USA’s first Olympic gold medal in women’s downhill skiing since 2010. After winning the gold, Johnson told NBC, “There’s nothing better than doing well and having somebody to share it with.” 

Watkins told The Atlantic he has been planning the proposal for over a year, knowing it was always Johnsons dream to get engaged at the Olympics.  

Evan Bates and Madison Chock 

This couple is melting heats as they take the ice for the red, white, and blue.

Ice dancing duo Evan Bates and Madison Chock met as teenagers in Michigan and began performing together, but didn’t reveal their romance until 2017. The two were married in 2024.  

The couple made their Olympic debut in 2014, returned in 2018, and won gold in 2022. Bates and Chock took home the silver medal in Milan this year after a controversial loss to a French duo. The pair’s results helped the USA take home the gold in the figure skating team event.

Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman 

Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman competed for Team Canada in mixed doubles curling.

While they lost their event, they consider themselves winners because they still have each other.

“It’s a sad hug at the end of the day, because you’re both going through that disappointment. But we’ll always have each other,” said Gallant walking off the ice.  

Their romance started after becoming teammates. The two formed a team a decade ago when their sport was added to the winter Olympics. They are now married and have a two-year-old son, Luke.  

Sean Hollander and Paige Jones 

Sean Hollander, Team USA luger, and Paige Jones, a Team USA ski jumper, are also engaged.

Their love has taken them around the world. The pair met in 2023 in Lake Placid, New York, and got engaged after summiting Vychodna Vysoka in Slovakia. They married in Canada in May 2025.  

It is Hollanders’ second Olympics but Jones is competing for the first time.

“I’m excited to watch her compete,” Hollander told Lake Placid News. “I’m kind of reliving that first games experience vicariously through her and her excitement.”

Hunter Powell and Kaysha Love

Hunter Powell and Kaysha Love are bobsledders for Team USA.

Powell is competing in his first Olympics this year in Milan. That may be nerve-racking, but his fiancee Love, who is competing in her second games, will be by his side.

Powell and Love are both former track and field athletes. In 2020, Love made the switch to bobsledding. In 2024 Powell decided to try bobsledding, and he’s made his way to the Olympics in just 2 years.

The couple got engaged in 2025.  

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