On December 14, Beijing time, the good news came from the Chinese sports world, and Zhang Lin, the swimming world champion, announced that she had successfully proposed to Xue Chen, the world champion of the sand row.
"In the first year of dating, I had the idea of proposing. After so many years together, this idea has become more and more intense. Thank you for making my dream come true! This diamond ring represents my determination to spend the rest of my life with you. I promise you with it: love you alone with all your life, and always be your guardian knight! Zhang Lin said.
Xue Chen said sweetly: "It turns out that you love someone very much, and you will want to agree to his marriage proposal immediately!" ”
Born in 1987 in Beijing, Zhang Lin finished second in the men's 400m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won the first Olympic medal in chinese men's swimming. In 2009, Zhang Lin won the men's 800m freestyle championship at the Swimming World Championships and broke the world record, becoming the first world champion in Chinese men's swimming.
Xue Chen was born in 1989 and is a native of Fujian. At the Beijing Olympic Games, Xue Chen/Zhang Xi worked together to win the bronze medal. In 2012, they finished fourth at the London Olympics. A year later, the two teamed up to win the World Championships, rewriting the history of beach volleyball in China. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Xue Chen did not have the opportunity to participate.
At this year's Tokyo Olympics, 32-year-old Xue Chen and teammate Wang Xinxin won the ninth place.
News of Zhang Lin and Xue Chen's love affair began at the 2017 Tianjin National Games. In the women's sand volleyball final, Xue Chen played with Ma Yuanyuan. In the stands, Zhang Lin and Xue Chen's mother sat together to watch the game, chat, and cheer for Xue Chen.
After the game, when the reporter asked about the relationship, Xue Chen seemed very shy, and said "low-key" three times in a row. She said that her boyfriend cheered himself on the spot as a motivation.
As Xue Chen said, the relationship between the two is indeed very low-key, so few people know about it for so many years, and they rarely show their love publicly. It was not until this romantic marriage proposal ceremony that their love affair was officially made public.