U.S. Olympic gold-winning swimmer Lilly King received a surprise poolside proposal at the Olympic swimming trials.

Athletes train and prepare their whole lives to make it to the Olympics. They put their blood, sweat and tears into their craft, working to improve through sheer will and determination. That level of competition is fierce and incredibly cut-throat, where the slightest false move or error could be the difference between winning gold and not medaling at all.

Being an Olympic-level athlete requires intense focus, commitment and preparation. Typically, making the team and scoring a medal in their particular sport or event is the only thing on their mind, their driving focus. However, one Olympic swimmer got a sweet and heartwarming surprise right after she got out of the pool.

Lilly King, a gold medal-winning swimmer, had just finished qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team heading to Paris. Once she exited the pool, her boyfriend met her and asked her a very important and life-changing question.

A clip posted on YouTube shows Lilly and her boyfriend, James, and their sweet interaction. He tells her that he has enjoyed their time together and picking up everything to move halfway across the world for her. He is thrilled to see where their relationship and lives together go from here.

It was at that moment that James went down on one knee. The look on Lilly’s face says it all. She was certainly not expecting a wedding proposal.

James can barely get the question out before Lilly gives him her excited and emphatic answer.

“Yes, yes, yes,” Lilly responds.

The two then kiss and share a loving embrace.

Everyone standing around watching the sweet moment unfold responds with cheers and applause.

What a special moment for that couple, which they will be able to watch on the internet for the rest of their lives.

Genesis 2:24 “For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.”