Perfect 10s: 14 year old Quan Hongchan delivers Olympic Gold August 6, 2021
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China’s divers are programmed from an early age to strive for perfection. The 14-year-old Quan Hongchan delivered it with two of her five dives in a dominant performance to claim the gold medal in women’s 10-meter platform at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.
All seven judges gave Quan perfect 10s for her second and fourth dives in the five-round competition.
Quan dedicated her victory to her mother, who is ill.
“I want to make enough money to support her,” Quan said through an interpreter. “I listen to my coach very carefully and follow his instructions very carefully.”
Melissa Wu of Australia won the bronze with 371.40 points for the second medal of her Olympic career.
The 29-year-old Wu, who was competing at her fourth Olympics, won a silver in 10-meter synchro at the 2008 Beijing Games with Briony Cole.
Wu, who describes herself as “half-Chinese,” started crying when she began talking about her Chinese grandmother, who died recently.
“I wanted her to see me win this medal,” Wu said.
Wu contemplated quitting when her sister died in 2014.
“That was a huge challenge for me to overcome,” she said. “Diving kind of saved me and gave me something to focus on after that.”
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