Sue Bird And Megan Rapinoe Share A Kiss After U.S. Basketball Olympic Gold

The sports power couple had plenty to celebrate at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird just sealed the probable end of their Olympics careers with a kiss.

Bird won her fifth straight gold medal on Sunday with the U.S. women’s basketball team, which defeated Japan, 90-75, to extend its overall Olympic gold streak to seven. She got a sweet congratulations from fiancee Rapinoe.

U.S. basketball player Sue Bird is congratulated by fiancee Megan Rapinoe after Bird won her fifth gold medal.
U.S. basketball player Sue Bird is congratulated by fiancee Megan Rapinoe after Bird won her fifth gold medal.
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Rapinoe also celebrated Bird’s victory on Instagram.

“I am so proud of you @sbird10 ❤️. As if I could love you any more 🥰. Congrats baby!” Rapinoe wrote.

One of sports’ great power couples has plenty to look back on.

Rapinoe, the 36-year-old U.S. soccer star, has collected a bronze and a gold in her Summer Games career, in addition to two World Cup titles. The four-time WNBA champion Bird, 40, along with U.S. teammate Diana Taurasi, has more Olympic gold medals than any American basketball player. She said this will be her last Olympics.

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