RIO DE JANEIRO: Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton are the power couple of the Olympics, a gold and bronze medal to their names, but they have little to talk about.
\nAmerican star Eaton, who retained his decathlon crown in Rio, and his Canadian heptathlon bronze medallist wife, married in 2013.
\nThey met as students at the University of Oregon and they are one of a number of medal winning couples in Rio.
\nBut living in each other\u00b4s pockets, training and living together, makes them just a normal couple.
\n“We don\u00b4t go on dates, and we don\u00b4t really spend time together because we spend so much time together. So when we get home we just want our own time to do what we want to do by ourselves.
\n“And we don\u00b4t really have anything to talk about. We\u00b4re the couple that goes out to eat, and we sit at the table at a restaurant and look on our phones all the time.” Ashton, 28, says he and his 27-year-old college sweetheart are a perfect match.
\nSuccess and failure makes them appreciate the struggles that go into their athletics careers.
\n“Our relationship helps us because we understand what each other are doing, like physically and mentally,” said the American who is the world record holder and two-time world champion.
\n“So because we do the same workouts and have the same coach, when she is struggling I can know exactly why, know exactly the things to say, and I think her likewise for me. That\u00b4s where it\u00b4s really good.”
\nRIO DE JANEIRO: Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton are the power couple of the Olympics, a gold and bronze medal to their names, but they have little to talk about.
\nAmerican star Eaton, who retained his decathlon crown in Rio, and his Canadian heptathlon bronze medallist wife, married in 2013.
\nThey met as students at the University of Oregon and they are one of a number of medal winning couples in Rio.
\nBut living in each other\u00b4s pockets, training and living together, makes them just a normal couple.
\n“We don\u00b4t go on dates, and we don\u00b4t really spend time together because we spend so much time togeher. So when we get home we just want our own time to do what we want to do by ourselves.
\n“And we don\u00b4t really have anything to talk about. We\u00b4re the couple that goes out to eat, and we sit at the table at a restaurant and look on our phones all the time.” Ashton, 28, says he and his 27-year-old college sweetheart are a perfect match.
\nSuccess and failure makes them appreciate the struggles that go into their athletics careers.
\n“Our relationship helps us because we understand what each other are doing, like physically and mentally,” said the American who is the world record holder and two-time world champion.
\n“So because we do the same workouts and have the same coach, when she is struggling I can know exactly why, know exactly the things to say, and I think her likewise for me. That\u00b4s where it\u00b4s really good.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RIO DE JANEIRO: Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton are the power couple of the Olympics, a gold and bronze medal to their names, but they have little to talk about. American star Eaton, who retained his decathlon crown in Rio, and his Canadian heptathlon bronze medallist wife, married in 2013. They met as students at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n