Chinese athletes excelled at the Paris Olympics on August 2, boosting Team China’’s medal count to 31.
Huang Yaqiong and Zheng Ziwei won gold in badminton mixed doubles, with their victory boosted by fellow badminton player Liu Yuchen’s marriage proposal to Huang after the medal ceremony.
The scene was viewed by all in the Paris arena where the crowd cheered on the couple.
She said yes.
Another duo, China’s Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen also won the silver medal in tennis mixed doubles. The gold went to Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac of Czechia while Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Felix Auger-Aliassime took bronze.
Their unexpected win was underlined by the fact that it was the first time the two tennis players had teamed up for a game. Zhang’s original partner, Zheng Qinwen, had to quit the mixed doubles match to focus on her singles event.
Other medals went to Huang Yuting and Sheng Minghao who clinched gold in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event, Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan also won gold in the men’s synchronized 3 meter springboard final.
In trampoline gymnastics, Wang Zisai and Yan Langyu earned silver and bronze, respectively, in the men’s final. Chinese swimmer Wang Shun also won bronze in the men’s 200-meter individual medley.
China’s total medal count is now 31, including 13 gold, 9 silver, and 9 bronze medals.
Beyond medals, China’s Sun Yingsha advanced to the finals in the women’s singles table tennis, while Fan Zhendong advanced to the men’s table tennis final.
China’s Yu Yiting also advanced to swimming finals in the women’s 200 meter individual medley, along with Americans Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh.
In other swimming news, Australia’s Cameron McEvoy won the gold in the men’s 50-meter freestyle. In the women’s 200-meter backstroke, Regan Smith from the U.S. won silver, and Kylie Masse from Canada took bronze.
