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China's 'mudslides' inject personality into once-staid team

Related Topics: China, He Zi, Qin Kai (diver)

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lovesick. Goofy. Flamboyant. Not usually words you'd associate with China's Olympic team.

In Rio, however, a new generation of Chinese Olympians are breaking the mold and shaking up social media.

There's diver Qin Kai, who walked up to the podium with a ring and a rose to propose to his girlfriend He Zi during her Olympic medal ceremony. Was Qin a true romantic or an entitled man gatecrashing a woman's big moment? It depends on your view. What's certain is that his gesture would have been unimaginable even a few years ago.