/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/12413583.jpg "Chinese badminton players Liu Yuchen (right) and Ya Qiong Huang after he proposed to her following her victory in the mixed badminton doubles competition in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the La Chapelle Arena in Paris, France, on2 August 2024. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Divyakant Solanki)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2165584541.jpg "French 3,000m steeplechase athlete Alice Finot celebrated breaking the European record by going down on her knee to propose to her partner, Bruno Martínez Bargiela, at the Stade de France after crossing the finish line at the Paris Olympics. (Photo: Hannah Peters / Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2165584557.jpg "Alice Finot of Team France embraces her betrothed, Bruno Martínez Bargiela. (Photo: Hannah Peters / Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/12413656.jpg "Bronze medallists in the French sailing team, Sarah Steyaert (left) and Charline Picon of France. Picon and Steyaert’s boyfriends vowed to propose if they secured gold or silver medals in the Paris Olympics. Though they won bronze, their partners still popped the question after the pair headed back to Marseille. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Sebastein Nogier)")
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Love at the Paris Olympics — On your marks, get set… Will you marry me?
Medallists at the Paris 2024 Olympics weren’t the only competitors to leave the Games with some bling. Some athletes used their visit to the City of Love to get engaged.
Chinese badminton player Liu Yuchen (right) proposes to compatriot badminton player Ya Qiong Huang after her victory in the mixed doubles badminton competition in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the La Chapelle Arena in Paris, France, 02 August 2024. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Divyakant Solanki)