‘I will love you forever’

Lyles proposed to the Jamaican runner with a group of family and friends present for the special moment

Olympian Noah Lyles is engaged!

On Sunday, October 13, the 27-year-old sprinter announced in a cute video shared to his Instagram account that he popped the question to his now-fiancée, fellow Olympian Junelle Bromfield, on Saturday.

“To My Future Wife,” Lyles captioned the Reel, which was set to a cover of Bobby Caldwell’s 1978 track “What You Won’t Do for Love.”

“I Will Love You Forever 💍,” he wrote alongside the clip, which showed him and Bromfield, 26, walking hand in hand through a modern home decorated with candles, flowers and rose petals. The pair walked down a hallway to the house’s backyard, where a large heart made of pink roses was displayed next to a neon sign that said, “Will you marry me?”

The Jamaican runner wore a sparkly silver dress and high heels for the occasion, while Lyles wore a black suit with gold detailing on the pants as their friends and family cheered them on.

“ENGAGED💍🥺,” Bromfield wrote in his own Instagram post, alongside a video showing off his ring alongside his friends.

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Lyles previously revealed that he and Bromfield met on social media in 2017, but their first date didn’t go so well and they decided to remain friends. That is, until 2022, when Lyles — who won gold for Team USA in the men’s 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 4 — decided to give romance another try and asked Bromfield out again. Since then, the duo has been inseparable.

“We’re going to grow old together and that will be forever,” Lyles said on Lifestyle in the fast lane podcast in June 2024.

The couple became Instagram official in December 2022. Bromfield – who runs for the Jamaica national team and won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics – accompanied Lyles to the USATF Night of Legends celebration, where he took home the Athlete award Male of the Year The next day, the two shared images of their date night on the red carpet on social media.

In August 2023, Bromfield celebrated his first birthday with a sweet message on Instagram. “Congratulations on 7 years of friendship 🫂, 6 months of dating 🍽️, 1 year of being your partner 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾, And for loving you forever ❤️🙏🏿” she captioned the post.

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During an interview at Inside the trail podcast in March this year, Lyles spoke about his strong connection with Bromfield, saying “this is my best relationship ever”.

“When we became friends, I told him I liked him because of (his) brutal honesty,” Brumfield said of Lyles during the same episode. “That’s what attracted me to him.”

As for Lyles, being understood and accepted for his honesty was what sealed the deal. “Hearing things like that I thought, ‘Oh my God, I need this woman in my life,’” he said.

“I already liked you, but this is a solidified response of like, okay, we’re going to grow old together, and this will be forever, and it will be constant,” he added. “Hearing things like that is like, yes, I would like a woman like that to raise my children.”

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