For Ossola, who lives in Turin and first competed at Tokyo 2020, his proposal had additional significance, given his journey and a lifetime of unimaginable loss.
A motorbike accident in 2015 resulted within the loss of life of his first spouse and meant Ossola needed to have most of his left leg amputated.
It was a time the place he says he might “see simply darkness” round him.
“It’s an extended journey, now I’m right here I’m smiling,” he added.
“I’m a constructive man however at first [it] was a tough time. However sports activities assist me exit this darkness, this turmoil.”
Ossola credit his Para-athletics coaching with serving to him deal with the longer term.
He hopes the Paralympics can do way more in bettering perceptions about incapacity in wider society.
“I don’t like when the folks say ‘You’re disabled, ah, you’ll Paralympics’.
“It’s not like that. You’re going to the Paralympics in case you are probably the greatest athletes on this planet. Because of this I’m proud to be right here.”
For now, Ossola says his and Arianna’s plans for the remainder of their keep in Paris, as a newly engaged couple, can be easy.
“For certain a very good dinner,” he stated.
“We love Paris and Paris – the town of affection – was the proper metropolis to ask her to be my spouse.”
