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Engaged Hockey Star And Bobsledder Reunite At Winter Olympics — After 3 Months Apart

Blayre Turnbull and Ryan Sommer finally saw each other at the Beijing 2022 opening ceremony.
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Canadian hockey player Blayre Turnbull and bobsledder Ryan Sommer are a busy couple. The two got engaged last April, but 2022 being an Olympic year amid a pandemic, they didn’t see each other at all for three months leading up to the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

There were competitions and training camps, not to mention the COVID-19 safety protocols for each squad that kept them further apart, the Daily Hive reported.

But at Friday’s opening ceremony, they reunited and showed off their joy in a glorious photo on Instagram.

“Name a cooler place to be reunited with your fiancé after spending the last 3 months apart…. I’ll wait 😎,” Turnbull wrote. Sommer wrote on his Insta: “A couple of kids, chasing our dreams.”

Turnbull, making her second Olympics appearance, quickly reverted her attention back to the ice on Saturday, helping Canada to an 11-1 rout over Finland.

Blayre Turnbull helped Canada to an 11-1 rout over Finland on Saturday after reuniting with Ryan Sommer at the opening ceremony.
Blayre Turnbull helped Canada to an 11-1 rout over Finland on Saturday after reuniting with Ryan Sommer at the opening ceremony.
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Sommer will compete for Canada’s four-man bobsled team at the Winter Games.

Canada's four-man bobsled team with Ryan Sommer in action at a January race in Germany.
Canada's four-man bobsled team with Ryan Sommer in action at a January race in Germany.
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Here’s the couple back in 2020, when the bobsledder wrote of them enduring lockdowns together:

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