After setting a world record by winning Olympic gold, Armand Duplantis and his stunning model girlfriend Desire Inglander have been celebrating on TikTok.
Duplantis, who represents Sweden but was born and raised in Louisiana, jumped 6.25 metres in Paris to claim one of the most memorable golds of the Games so far in Paris.
And after a victory lap that even saw him appear on Swedish television with an extreme hangover, he has been enjoying some time off.
His girlfriend Englander shared a video of Duplantis putting his gold medal around his neck in a new viral clip that his 800,000 followers adored.
But a similar gesture landed American gymnast Simone Biles and her husband Jonathan Owens at the centre of an online backlash early in the Games, with fans apparently claiming it was a power move by Owens that took the spotlight away from his wife.
Armand Duplantis and his model girlfriend Desire Inglander have been celebrating on TikTok
Englander has been cheering Duplantis on to gold at the Paris Olympics from the sidelines.
Inglander’s post seemingly steered her followers away from coming to the same conclusion, captioning the video: “Not mine, I know.”
The clip has had more than 14 million views on her TikTok page as of Saturday morning.
And in the comments section, fans have been praising one of the sexiest couples to emerge from the Games.
Canadian diver Molly Carlson wrote: ‘I’m obsessed with you two lol’ while another fan commented: ‘I had no idea who you were before this and now I’m obsessed.’
A different comment said: ‘I tell my children this is the King and this is the Queen.’
Biles, who cemented her place as the most decorated gymnast in U.S. Olympic history, was forced to hit back at trolls criticizing her and her husband, saying: “The crazy thing is I put my medal on every single member of my family and took pictures. So don’t ever make assumptions.
“As if they were miserable. Leave us alone.”
Simone Biles has responded to criticism from Jonathan Owens after the American gymnast’s husband was slammed by fans for wearing her Olympic gold medal.
Biles called fans who criticized Owens “so f*cking miserable” in the comments section of TikTok influencer Kiera Breaugh’s viral video
Chicago Bears NFL player Owens was allowed to leave the team’s camp, where they are preparing for the upcoming NFL season, to travel to Paris to cheer on the team.
But he has at times been a polarizing figure among Biles’ passionate fans, despite his devotion to cheering his wife on from the stands as she competes on the biggest stage of all.
Owens revealed the couple met through celebrity dating app Raya and claimed he didn’t know who Biles was.
“I was like, ‘Let me see who she is.’ I never really paid much attention to gymnastics, so I was curious,” she said. “The first thing I saw was that she had a ton of followers (on Instagram). So I was like, ‘Okay, she’s got to be good.'”
‘I always say that men are the protagonists. We couldn’t do much because COVID came and everything closed.
“So, she came to Houston. She lived in the suburbs, so she had to drive about 45 minutes. The rest is history.”
