A day after Dominik Cerny knelt down on one knee and proposed to Hana Burzalova at the finish line of the women's 35-kilometres race walk at the World Athletics Championships, the Slovakian athletes were still riding a wave of emotions.
"He saved me some seconds, I was really fast at the end , and when I saw him I couldn't hear anything but I was just shocked and I was full of emotions," Burzalova said on Friday.
The happy couple returned to the race finish line on Friday to recreate the touching moment, Cerny scooping his new fiance up into his arms and spinning her around before planting a kiss.
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