Fresh from setting a world record to win 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, cleared 6.25 meters in Paris to claim one of the most memorable golds in 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 downtime.
His girlfriend Inglander shared a video of Duplantis putting his gold medal around her neck in a new viral clip which her 800,000 followers have loved.
But a similar gesture landed USA gymnast Simone Biles and her husband Jonathan Owens in the center of an online backlash earlier in the Games – with fans seemingly claiming it was a power move from Owens that took the attention from his wife.
Armand Duplantis and his model girlfriend Desire Inglander have bee celebrating on TikTok
Inglander has been cheering Duplantis to gold on at the Paris Olympics from the stabds
Inglander’s post seemingly pointed her followers away from reaching the same conclusion, captioning the video: ‘Not mine, I know.’
The clip has had over 14million views on her TikTok page as of Saturday morning.
And in the comments section, fans have been lapping up one of the hottest couples to emerge from the Games.
Canadian diver Molly Carlson wrote: ‘I’m obsessed with you two hahahah’ while another fan commented: ‘I had no idea who you guys were before this and now I’m obsessed.’
A different comment said: ‘I’m telling my kids this is the King and this is the Queen.’
Biles, who cemented her place as the most decorated gymnast in US Olympic history, was forced to hit out the trolls who were criticizing her and her husband, saying: ‘Crazy thing is, I put my medal on every single one of my family members and took pictures. So don’t ever make assumptions.
‘Like y’all are so f***ing miserable. Leave us alone.’
Simone Biles has fired back at Jonathan Owens’ critics after the USA gymnast’s husband was slammed by fans for wearing her Olympic gold medal
Biles branded fans ripping into Owens as ‘so f****ng miserable’ in the comments section of TikTok influencer Kiera Breaugh’s viral video
Owens, an NFL player for the Chicago Bears, was allowed to leave the team’s camp – where they are preparing for the upcoming NFL season – to travel to Paris and cheer her on.
But he has, at times, been a polarizing figure among the passionate Biles fanbase – despite his devotion to cheering his wife on from the stands while she competes on the biggest stage of them all.
Owens revealed that the couple met through the celebrity dating app Raya and claimed he didn’t know who Biles was.
‘I’m like, ‘Lemme see who this is.’ I never really paid attention to gymnastics, so it piqued my curiosity,’ he said. ‘The first thing that I saw was that she just had a bunch of [Instagram] followers. So in my mind, I’m like, ‘OK, she’s gotta be good’.
‘I always say that the men are the catch. We couldn’t do much because COVID happened and everything was shut down.
‘So, she came down to Houston. She lived in the suburbs, so she had to drive about 45 minutes. Then the rest is history.’
