2016 Rio Olympics: Marriage proposals steal the spotlight in Rio [slideshow]

While some athletes mark the end of their year-long race for a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games, others are seeing a new beginning with marriage proposals made in Brazil.

Despite failing to win any medal, Brazilian rugby player Isadora Cerullo made headlines after being the first athlete who got proposed to at the ongoing 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

After watching the women’s gold medal rugby sevens match between Australia and New Zealand on Aug. 8, Cerullo’s girlfriend Marjorie Enya took the microphone and popped the question that everybody at the Deodoro Stadium heard.

Cerullo, 25, accepted Enya’s proposal as her teammates cheered on. Enya tied a golden yellow ribbon on Cerullo’s finger in lieu of an engagement ring.

"The Olympic Games can look like closure but, for me, it's starting a new life with someone," Enya told the BBC. "I wanted to show people that love wins."

Olympic couple

Meanwhile, Chinese diver He Zi did not only win a silver medal for 3-metre springboard event. She also got an engagement ring after her boyfriend Qin Kai bent low on one knee at the podium following her medal awarding on Aug. 15.

He, 25, said she has been dating Qin, a fellow Olympic diver, for over six years. Like his fiancé, Qin is a bronze medalist in the men’s synchronised 3-metre springboard.

"I didn't know that he would propose today, and I didn't expect that I would marry myself out so early,” He told reporters after the public marriage proposal.

"He (Qin) said a lot of things there at the podium. He made a lot of promises, 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."

British racewalker Tom Bosworth followed the trend on Monday, when he proposed marriage to his boyfriend Harry Dineley and shared a photo of his proposal on Instagram. Bosworth finished 6th place in the 20-kilometre walking race on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympics.

For his part, Dineley shared a photo of his engagement ring on Twitter.

Win or lose, these Olympic athletes have won for themselves a lifetime partner.