Love and badminton: China's Huang Yaqiong gets Olympic gold medal and marriage proposal

Posted on AllSides August 2nd, 2024
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What’s better than winning an Olympic gold medal? How about winning a gold medal and almost immediately getting a marriage proposal? That’s exactly what happened Friday to Huang Yaqiong, a women’s badminton player from China. Yaqiong teamed with Zheng Siwei to win the gold medal in the badminton mixed doubles competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, beating Kim Wonho and Jeong Naeun of South Korea (21-8, 21-11). Then, once Yaqiong went through the medal ceremony, fellow Chinese badminton player Liu Yuchen had a surprise for her. 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS:Follow all...

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