Even though they both participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics together, they were still far from dating each other. In 2017 - almost a decade after they first met - that the two archers were struck by Cupid's arrow. Indian recurve team's heavy defeat in the 2017 World Championships in Mexico City, the two bonded over a lot of soul searching. "We went shopping together and bonded well. All our misunderstandings, doubts and differences were ironed out," Atanu Das told Times of India. Promoted Keen to keep their relationship private, they did not tell any of their teammates they were dating. "We didn't want the other archers and our teammates to know about it really so we kept it private. We only made it public around the time we got engaged in December (2018)," Atanu told ESPN.