Naples turned a day of running into a love story when Jan Tyrk proposed to Michaela Bauerova during the Neapolis Marathon.

The couple had travelled from the Czech Republic to take part in the race. According to Il Mattino, the proposal happened in Piazza del Plebiscito: he knelt with a ring while she smiled, with the square providing the setting for the moment.

The article presents Naples as the place where the couple combined a sporting day with a promise of love.

No precise date for the proposal, details of the couple's route, or their race result were confirmed in the research available for this article.