Two Chinese Olympic badminton players got engaged after winning gold.
Huang Ya Qiong and Zheng Siwei of China won the gold medal in badminton mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics, defeating South Korea's Jeong Na-eun and Kim Won-ho in two sets. It's hard to imagine the day getting better from there, but Huang's boyfriend Liu Yuchen had other ideas.
As Huang and Zheng left the podium, Liu was waiting with flowers. A seemingly surprised Huang accepted the flowers and then Liu pulled out a ring and dropped to one knee to propose. She said yes.Huang Yaqiong just had her "dream come true", winning a badminton mixed doubles gold medal🥇with her teammate Zheng SiweiLiu is in Paris representing China in men's doubles. He and teammate Ou Xuanyi are 3–1 in group play.
It's been an incredibly busy Olympics for life events. This is actually the second proposal of the Paris games as two athletes from Argentinaafter he won a bronze medal. It's only a matter of time until someone actually gets married during an event.Stephen Douglas is a Senior Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in journalism and media since 2008, and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports.
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