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PARIS - Chinese mixed doubles gold medallist Huang Yaqiong had just stepped off the podium when her teammate, men's doubles Tokyo silver medallist Liu Yuchen , got down on one knee and proposed at the Paris Olympics on Friday.Huang and her mixed doubles partner Zheng Siwei demolished South Korea's Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun 21-8 21-11 to win the badminton mixed doubles final at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena.
"The ring fits my finger really well," she added, with a laugh.Fans took to social media to gush about the proposal, with one writing on Weibo: "This year's medal count can now include a diamond ring.""Liu Yuchen didn't win the Olympic gold medal but he did win over an Olympic gold medallist," another wrote.Liu's and Huang's engagement is not the first time a Chinese Olympian has been proposed to, still fresh from the fight.
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