Rio 2016 really brings the magic. For the second time during the spectacle, there has been a proposal and a ‘Yes’.
China’s He Zi got a double delight when she won not only a silver medal (for diving), but also bagged a wedding ring from her teammate and boyfriend, Qin Kai during the medal ceremony.
Qin won a bronze medal in his own event last week and he rushed to the podium, collected her Silver and got down on one knee to propose.
“I didn’t know he would propose today and I didn’t expect myself to marry myself out so early,” said He, who tearfully accepted the proposal with a big hug.
“I saw him during the afternoon and he seemed to be memorising something, so I asked him ‘what are you doing?’ and he said he was singing,
“I’ve forgotten most of what he’s said, but it’s largely what you can expect like promises, but what touched me the most is that he said he was willing to be bullied by me for life,” she said.
The engagement is the second of the Games, after Brazilian women’s rugby player Isadora Cerullo accepted to marry her girlfriend at the medals ceremony for the first Olympic rugby sevens competition last week.
