Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy engaged to Andrew Rigby

Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy is engaged to his partner, Andrew Rigby, following a surprise proposal on a Spanish island earlier this week. The couple shared the news and details of the carefully planned engagement in an interview published on August 6.

Kenworthy, a 34-year-old freestyle skier who won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, proposed to Rigby, an Australian finance executive, on August 4. The event took place on Illa de sa Torre, an islet off the southwest coast of Mallorca. Kenworthy described orchestrating the surprise by taking Rigby on a private dinghy from the St. Regis hotel's Mar Sea Club under the guise of a small adventure. After a hike to the clifftops, a picnic blanket and a pitcher of margaritas, prepared extra sweet to Rigby's preference, awaited them. It was there that Kenworthy got down on one knee.

The celebration continued immediately after Rigby said yes. Instead of returning to shore, the dinghy took the couple to a chartered boat where six of their closest friends were waiting to surprise them for an impromptu engagement party. Rigby said he was completely shocked, having believed the trip to Mallorca was simply a relaxing vacation after a...