Story highlights Brazilian rugby player missed out on Olympic medal at Rio

Moments after medal ceremony, girlfriend's marriage proposal

(CNN) She might not have won an Olympic medal. But rugby player Isadora Cerullo had already won girlfriend Marjorie Enya's heart when she accepted her marriage proposal in Rio de Janeiro Monday.

Cerullo, 25, was part of the Brazilian women's team which finished ninth place in the first-ever Olympic rugby sevens event.

After watching the final between Australia and New Zealand , Enya, a manager at the stadium, took to the pitch for a special announcement of her own.

Cerullo, left, and Enya embrace after the proposal.

With microphone in hand and heart-shaped balloons on standby, Enya, 28, asked Cerullo to marry her.

"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."

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