Eduardo Jacobo's gold medal was won a couple of hours before settling down to watch the Olympic action at the Esplanade des Invalides on Sunday afternoon. Girlfriend Natalia Bastida had that very morning accepted his proposal of marriage after a nine-year courtship.
With Cupid's arrow having hit its mark, spending their first day as a newly engaged couple at the archery seemed somehow appropriate.
"She didn't know anything about the proposal," beamed Eduardo.
"Natalia loves Paris. She lived here for six months. It's the city of love and so it seemed the right place to ask."
The couple arrived from Mexico City on Friday in time to take up seats for the opening ceremony along the river Seine.
Trips
On Saturday, they watched the beach volleyball and diving and before flying back home, they will attend another session of the beach volley ball.
In the bright sunshine on Sunday afternoon, they were among a vocal contingent of Mexicans supporting the women's archery team which reached the semi-final before losing to the second seeds China.
But Alejandra Valencia, Ana Vazquez and Angela Ruiz dusted themselves off from the setback to take the bronze medal with a three sets to one victory over the Netherlands.
"There was a bit of bad luck in the semis against the Chinese," said Eduardo. "But they've done so well to get to the bronze medal."
Tension
The Mexican victory was straightforward in comparison with the final between China and the top seeds South Korea who were seeking a 10th consecutive crown in the women's team event.
The defending champions wrapped up the first two sets with little ado.
But Jeon Hunyoung, Lim Sihyeon and Jeon Hunyoung faltered in their first shots of the third set. And the Chinese gained a foothold.
The South Koreans had a chance to take the title with the final shot of the fourth set but fluffed the oportunity.
That miss brought the shoot-off in which each archer takes one shot at the target.
It also sent the master of ceremonies into weapons-grade histrionics.
"The time is now and the place is here," he intoned before South Korea's first arrow.
A few minutes later, "here" was not where the Chinese wanted to be after South Korea triumphed 29-27.
"Absolutely brilliant," said Antoine Vielliard, who had been watching proceedings with his wife Aurélie and 10-year-old son Léo.
"I got the tickets from a collegue," said the 50-year-old Parisian. "It's been a wonderful atmosphere."
And looking up to the blue skies, he added: "And we've been fortunate with the weather."
Yet son Marin had not found joy among the bows and arrows.
"He left after an hour," said Aurélie with a roll of the eyes to describe 18-year-olds and their behaviour.
"He's a baseball fan ... he couldn't take it. He said it was too soft."
Probably best. That's not the kind of thing to shout out in front of ladies who can hit 12.2cm targets from 70 metres.
