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Once taboo, athletes' love now blooms

By Tang Yue | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-16 07:48

Chinese athletes might not be delivering their best-ever Olympic performance at Rio, but it seems they have improved in one sport over the years - expressing their love.

In front of a cheering crowd and broadcast live across the world, Chinese diver Qin Kai got down on bended knee on Sunday and proposed to fellow diver He Zi, who was just off the podium with a silver medal in the women's 3-meter springboard. She nodded yes.

"He made a lot of promises," He, 25, said of Qin's words, "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."

Once taboo, athletes' love now blooms

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