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9 Super Adorable Couples Competing In The Rio Olympics

Sports: The life mates and teammates play for Great Britain’s field hockey team, and they’re both two-time Olympians!

Their story: The Richardson-Walshes are a big freaking deal — they’re the first married same-sex couple to compete in an Olympics! They first met nearly 20 years ago, and became a couple right before the Beijing Olympics in 2008. After winning a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, they got married the next year.

Aww alert: “We are a couple, we love each other and we happen to be playing in the same team,” Kate told the BBC of their relationship.