The Chinese diving team, a "dream team", has been a world -class team since the early 1990s. It still has a 1 future these days with several new and excellent diving stars. Quan Hongchan, 16, is one of them 2 .
Quan won the Women 's 10 -meter Platform Diving at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2023. In one of her dives, she received a perfect score of ten points from all 3 judges (裁判), showing her unusual good skills and talent in the sport of diving. It is worth noticing that her performance got plenty of 4 and admiration.
Quan also won the Women 's 10-meter Platform Diving at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was the youngest member of the Chinese team, but she surprised the world by 5 perfect 10 points three times. "I 've 6 thought of beating them in the match, "Quan said, "I just saw the
competition as training. Be brave and just go jumping. "
People thought Quan was born with great talent in diving, but Quan didn 't think so. She said in an interview, "I need to practice about seven hours every day, and 10 hours sometimes. 7 I stop training for a day or two, I feel scared when I get back on the 10 -meter board. "And she remembered how she felt when she started to learn diving at the age of 7."It was 8 . "she said. However, it takes more than interest for a beginner to become successful.
In fact, Quan was born in a poor family. Her mother was 9 ill and she worried about her very much. She decided to do her best for her mother even when she was at an early age. That 10 people all around China.
