Source: REUTERS/Ann Wang
[Saba Sports News] Although the Paris Olympics ended over two weeks ago, love stories from the competition continue to attract attention. Among them, Liu Yuchen’s proposal to badminton mixed doubles champion Huang Yaqiong is particularly noteworthy. Recently, media outlets have revealed Liu Yuchen’s family background. It is reported that Liu Yuchen comes from a sports family; his father Liu Huisheng has been involved in badminton all his life and is currently the head coach of the Beijing women’s team; his mother Song Yuling is a swimming coach for the Beijing team; his sister Liu Jing is a former world swimming champion who won a gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2009 World Swimming Championships with a record-breaking performance. Notably, Liu Yuchen’s ex-girlfriend is also quite prominent—she is Jia Yifan, the women’s doubles champion at the Paris Olympics, and Jia Yifan was once a doubles partner of Huang Yaqiong. This complicated relationship is somewhat awkward. With an ex-girlfriend who was ranked number one in women’s doubles and a current fiancee who is ranked number one in mixed doubles, this family’s genes are incredibly strong; it remains to be seen if Liu Yuchen’s future offspring will also become world champions.