International Figure Skating

Sky High Proposal Piper Gilles & Nathan Kelly

Four years and two days after their first date, Piper Gilles said yes to the proposal of her boyfriend Nathan Kelly.

Though they had talked about getting engaged — and Gilles had shown her preferred ring style in a visit to a jeweler — she had no idea if Kelly had bought a ring or when he intended to propose.

At the end of last season, Gilles and her on-ice partner Paul Poirier decided to take a six-week break during which Gilles planned to spend part of the time with her family in Colorado. “Nathan had booked a videography job for Porsche Colorado Springs to film Pikes Peak, so I it was perfect timing for us both to go there,” said Gilles. “As it turned out, my brothers

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