Rio romance: Athlete proposals and power couples
Gold medal-winning British dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin has become the latest Olympian to have her romance take centre stage at Rio, after her fiancé publicly declared his love.
Dujardin won her third Olympic gold medal yesterday, and Golding donned a giant red hand and a shirt reading "Can we get married now?" as she took her victory lap.
The 31-year-old dressage rider recorded a score of 93.857 to join cyclist Laura Trott as Britain's most decorated female Olympian on three golds each.
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Golding showed off the message as he stood to cheer Dujardin, who also won silver in the team event last week and was a double gold medallist at the London Games four years ago.
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"He actually asked me just before London, and I said yes," Dujardin said.
"But I don't think he has believed it is going to happen, so now he has gone and made it so public that I definitely have got to do it."
"He is just such a.... banana," Dujardin said.
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British race walker Tom Bosworth proposed to his partner Harry Dineley on Rio's Copacabana Beach, after placing sixth in his event.
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Chinese diver Shi Tingmao claimed gold in the women's 3m springboard diving final, but was relegated to third wheel by her newly engaged teammates.
Qin Kai, who claimed bronze in the men's 3m synchronised springboard, got down on one knee whilst He Zi was on her lap of honour and, after a lengthy wait, finally got the all-important "yes" he was looking for.
He and Qin have been dating since 2010, and whilst being caught off guard, she admitted she nearly rumbled his plan when she walked in to Qin practising his proposal on Sunday morning.
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"He said a lot of things, made a lot of promises, but I think the thing that touched me the most is I think this is the guy I can trust for the rest of my life," He said, proudly displaying her shiny new ring.
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Australian swimmers Emily Seebohm and Mitch Larkin are also in a relationship.
Seebohm posted a photograph of them in Rio to Instagram on August 10, writing "Not the result we both wanted last night but we aren't done yet! #lovewins"
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As the Australian women's rugby sevens team celebrated their Olympic victory win, another special moment was unfolding just metres away.
Brazilian player Isadora Cerullo said "yes" after her partner of two years, Marjorie Enya, popped the question.
Enya had been volunteering at the stadium, and walked on to the pitch after the game to propose.
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