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Quan Hongchan competed in the women’s high diving competition on Tuesday, August 6. A performance of such perfection that it earned him full marks as well as a gold medal.
He gave himself a top level performance. On Tuesday August 6, Quan Hongchan did win the gold medal in the women’s high diving (10m). All thanks to a perfect performance that was unanimously approved by the six judges. They gave it a 10/10 rating, an extremely rare occurrence. The 17-year-old Chinese cut through the air with three and a half jumps before cutting through the waves very lightly, with almost no splash.
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Two gold medals
The reaction of the main stakeholder, informs Set free “It’s unreal in our sport, yes. But I didn’t think much of it at the time. There were still four dives to go, this was the Olympic final.” This is the second gold medal of these Games for Quan Hongchan, who also won the synchronized high diving event alongside his partner Chen Yuxi. Three years ago, he already set a new Olympic record at the Tokyo Olympics at the age of… 14.
Source: Le Figaro
