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Valentine’s Day could not have gone better for Simone Biles. The decorated Olympian gymnast officially announced her engagement with her boyfriend Jonathan Owens.

Biles and Owens have been going out for over a year and a half now, and the two have never looked back. Thus, when she announced her engagement with the NFL star, the internet simply couldn’t keep calm.

From athletes to fans, everybody flocked to Twitter to congratulate Biles on her engagement. After all, she is one of the greatest Olympians of all time.

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Here are the best fan reactions to Simone Biles’ engagement announcement.

Fans can’t keep calm over Simone Biles’ engagement

With one of the biggest Olympians of all time getting engaged, it was only a matter of time before the internet reacted. Thus, fans from across the world poured in their responses to Simone Biles‘ Twitter post, where she announced her betrothal.

Biles took to Twitter to share pictures of the moment Jonathan Owens proposed to her, and when she said yes. In fact, Owens was quite the old-fashioned gentleman about it, playing it by the book as he went down on one knee while presenting Biles with the engagement ring.

“THE QUEEN HERSELF IS GETTING MARRIED” a Twitter user wrote in their reaction. Additionally, they also posted a string of crying emojis, expressing their joy over the announcement.

Another fan posted a close-up picture of the engagement ring which Biles put up on Instagram. Then, they wrote how “a beautiful heart deserves beautiful diamonds. May you two have a lasting union.

Another fan had some fun little wordplay up their sleeve, as they wrote that “Simone Biles-Owens has a (nice) ring to it”. Clever!

“I’ve never been more happy for a stranger’s engagement in my life,” another Twitter user wrote. Then, they commented on Simone’s expressionf of joy, stating that “she looks so happy!!!!

As is custom, a power couple tying the not would also entail a hashtag for the internet to get behind. A fan, as they congratulated Simone Biles, also tried solving that problem pre-emptively. “In case you need a wedding hashtag,” they wrote, “#BilesBecomingOwens.” Admittedly, that’s not a bad hashtag after all. Let’s see if it will catch on.

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Another user had quite the warm wish for Simone. “I want her happy like I get money from it,” she wrote. Moreover, she also mentioned how Owens “has always looked at her with such warmth”.

Fans are already looking ahead for Simone

Even though Simone Biles just annoucned her engagemnet, many social media fans are already looking ahead into the future. Be it the wedding or potential children between the two, fans have visualized it all.

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Calling Simone and Jonathan “couple goals”, as in the ideal couple, a Twitter fan stated that they are “crashing the wedding”.

Another user is already thinking about the power couple having kids! They stated, “Omg, we might be getting a baby Biles”.

In fact, another fan is convinced that children between the great Olympic gymnast and a star NFL player would be no ordinary children. Referring to Simone and Jonathan’s combined athletic prowess as well as their looks, they stated that “their kids are gonna be pretty superheroes”.

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While there’s no word on when the wedding is, this is surely one of the best news in the sporting world lately. How do you feel about the engagement?

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