Gold medalist Huang Yaqiong had just stepped off the podium when her teammate, men’s doubles Tokyo silver medalist Liu Yuchen, got down on one knee
China's Zheng Siwei, right, and Huang Yaqiong play against Japan's Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino during their mixed doubles badminton semifinal match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 1.Chinese mixed doubles gold medalist Huang Yaqiong had just stepped off the podium when her teammate, men’s doubles Tokyo silver medalist Liu Yuchen, got down on one knee and proposed at the
Huang, who also won a mixed doubles silver in Tokyo with Zheng, looked shocked as spectators went wild, before smiling shyly and accepting Liu’s ring, containing a sizable diamond which sparkled up close later during a news conference.“The ring fits my finger really well,” she added, with a laugh. “Liu Yuchen didn’t win the Olympic gold medal but he did win over an Olympic gold medalist,” another wrote.
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