But then her boyfriend, fellow Chinese diver Qin Kai, dropped to one knee to propose following the medal ceremony and now she’ll also be heading home with an engagement ring!
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He tearfully accepted the proposal with a big hug.
He has been dating the 30-year-old Qin for the past six years.
Chinese diver Qin Kai, who won silver in the men’s three-meter springboard in London, got down on one knee to pop the question in front of the crowd after He and teammate Shi Tingmao took the top two spots in Sunday’s event.
“I wasn’t expecting to get married so soon”, she said, adding that she noticed some unusual behavior by her six-year boyfriend earlier in the day. “He made a lot of promises, but the thing that has touched me the most is that I think this is the guy I can trust for the rest of my life”.
The proposal took place at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre in Rio.
“He (Qin) said a lot of things there at the podium”.
By the way, of course she said yes.
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So just to recap, in the span of a few minutes He added a silver medal to her neck and a diamond ring to her finger.
It was the second public proposal of the Rio Olympics, after Brazilian rugby player Isadora Cerullo and her girlfriend Marjorie Enya got engaged in public at the Deodoro Stadium last week.
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“As soon as I knew she was in the squad I thought I have to make this special”, Enya told BBC Sport afterwards.
