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Paul Myers

Love's labour's found amid the slings and arrows of Olympic fortune

Eduardo Jacobo and Natalia Bastida spent their first day as a newly engaged couple cheering on their Mexican compatriots at the women's team archery competition on the Esplanade des Invalides. © RFI/Paul Myers

Eduardo Jacobo's gold medal was won a couple of hours before settling down to watch the Olympic action at the Esplanade des Invalides on Sunday afternoon. Girlfriend Natalia Bastida had that very morning accepted his proposal of marriage after a nine-year courtship.

With Cupid's arrow having hit its mark, spending their first day as a newly engaged couple at the archery seemed somehow appropriate.

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