RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Isadora Cerullo got no medal at these Olympics. A ring will have to suffice.
Cerullo is a rugby player for Brazil and her team finished ninth at the Rio Games out of a 12-team field, well out of medal contention. When the competition was over, a volunteer walked onto the pitch and eventually got around to asking her a question.
The volunteer was her girlfriend, Marjorie Enya. The question was "will you marry me?" And as others surrounded them and held red heart-shaped balloons, Cerullo said yes.
Unlike the Sochi Games two years ago, where gay rights were called into question over anti-gay laws enacted by Russia's government, the Rio Games seem to be increasingly tolerant by comparison.