Paris 2024 Olympics: 17-year-old Quan Hongchan of China wins gold on 10-meter platform

Quan set the tone on her first dive, recording a perfect score of 10 from all seven judges. The dive was a forward 3 1/2 somersaults, setting off wild cheers among a venue packed with Chinese fans.

China’s Quan Hongchan celebrates at the women’s 10m platform diving final at the 2024 Summer Olympics. | Photo Credit: AP

Three-time world champion Quan Hongchan of China won the gold medal Tuesday in the women’s 10-meter platform at the Paris Olympics to defend her title from Tokyo.

Quan set the tone on her first dive, recording a perfect score of 10 from all seven judges. The dive was a forward 3 1/2 somersaults, setting off wild cheers among a venue packed with Chinese fans.

Chen Yuxi of China took silver, a repeat of their finish three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics.

Kim Mi Rae of North Korea won bronze, adding to the silver medal she claimed earlier in women’s 10-meter synchronized, which was the country’s first medal ever in Olympic diving.

Quan scored 425.60 points on five dives, compared with 420.70 for Chen and 372.10 for Kim. Caeli McKay of Canada was fourth with 364.50 points.

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The two Chinese women teamed up earlier to win the 10-meter synchronized in Paris.

China is aiming for an unprecedented sweep of the eight diving golds. The Chinese so far have won five golds after winning the four synchronized competitions in the opening week of the Games.

Quan and Chen had big leads over the field after the preliminary round on Monday, but those scores do not carry over to the final. It didn’t matter. They piled up the same margin there.

Neither American diver advanced to Tuesday’s 12-woman final. Delaney Schnell, the fifth-place finisher on 10-meter in 2021, was eliminated in the semifinals. Daryn Wright was knocked out in the prelims.