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China’s Huang Yaqiong won Olympic badminton mixed doubles gold on Friday before she was surprised by a marriage proposal from her off-court partner.
Huang and Zheng Siwei claimed the sport’s first gold of the Paris Olympics 2024 when they demolished South Korea’s Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun 21-8, 21-11 in just 41 minutes.
The pair received their medals at La Chapelle Arena and then climbed down off the podium for a victory lap.
Waiting in the far corner was Huang’s boyfriend Liu Yuchen, a men’s doubles player who won silver in Tokyo three years ago and exited in the group stage in Paris.
Liu presented Huang with a bunch of flowers before whipping out a ring and getting down on one knee, much to the delight of the Chinese fans packed into the arena.
