Olympian Tilly Kearns details the sweet moment her boyfriend surprised her in Paris
Aussie Olympian Tilly Kearns has detailed the sweet moment her boyfriend surprised her at Paris 2024.
Kearns is an Aussie water polo player, and made it to the finals against Spain, taking home a silver medal.
The athlete got the surprise of her life when she walked into the swimming arena and saw her long-distance boyfriend sitting in the stands – and now, she's revealed how the surprise came about.
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Tilly Kearns' boyfriend, Justin Dedich, pulled off the surprise of a lifetime at Paris 2024. Instagram: Justin Dedich
"Firstly, he's a rookie in the NFL and he had his first ever NFL game the next day, so it literally was not even a thought in my head," Kearns explained in a new video on TikTok.
Watch the video above.
"Like, he was just doing his thing, I was doing my thing, we just knew we couldn't be there to support each other in person to support each other."
Kearns is dating American football player Justin Dedich.
After playing college football at the University of Southern California, he was drafted to play in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams.
Kearns went on to show the clip of her walking beside the pool as her friends and family scream her name. When she looked up, she couldn't believe her eyes when she noticed Dedich in the stands.
"This is one of my old water polo coaches so I was already so surprised seeing him," she explained over the clip.
Kearns was shocked when she saw the familiar face in the stands. TikTok
"Then I walk a little bit further and this is the moment I see him."
She then explained how Dedich pulled of the surprise despite his career defining match coming in so close to his trip to Paris.
"Turns out that when we won our semi final to get into the gold medal game he went up to his head coach, really ballsy of him, and basically was like, 'Tell me if I'm out of line, but can I go?'" she explained.
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Dedich surprised Kearns at her gold medal match, despite having his first ever NFL game the next day. Instagram: Justin Dedich
"And the coach was like, 'Yeah man, what are you still doing here? Go'. And so he got on a plane that night and flew."
Kearns explained Dedich was only in Paris "for literally less than 24 hours.
"I couldn't even see him after the game because he ran to the airport and got straight back on the flight, 11 hours back to America, to make it for his first ever NFL game.
"Which, by the way, he killed it."
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