Yahoo Finance Watch 14-Year-Old Olympic Diver Nail Perfect 10 After Perfect 10
Quan Hongchan of China is 14 years old and had never competed in a major diving meet until the Tokyo Olympics.
No problem.
All the kid did on Thursday was record two perfect 10s ― that’s a 10 from all seven judges on two dives, followed later by another dive that scored 10 from six of the judges ― to win the gold medal in the woman’s 10-meter platform.
Quan dedicated her startling victory to her ill mother, The Associated Press reported.
“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.”
Clearly. Watch the phenom rack up the 10s, to which an announcer says: “You may never see anything like it again.”
A PERFECT DIVE‼️
14-year-old Quan Hongchan from China receives 10s across the board on her dive in the women's 10m platform final. #TokyoOlympics
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📱 NBC Sports App pic.twitter.com/PiozFgJy7u— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) August 5, 2021
Quan Hongchan's perfect 10 dive. She's 14 and has just won the gold medal. #Olympics#Divingpic.twitter.com/BAIvaoH5Ijhttps://t.co/mLskvIcxFY
— 𝙿𝚂 (@D10SPS) August 5, 2021
"Remember this! You may never see anything like it again."
After receiving two perfect 10 scores, 14-year-old Quan Hongchan from China is the Olympic CHAMPION in women's 10m platform diving.#TokyoOlympics | #OlympicHERstorypic.twitter.com/B7uHvnMEpB— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) August 5, 2021
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
