August 6, 2024, 11:58 AM
August 6, 2024, 11:58 AM
The Chinese Quan Hongchan rose this Tuesday with its second gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, by winning the individual 10m platform final, leaving his rivals no chance.
Mexicans Gabriela Agúndez and Alejandra Orozco ended 5th and 8th, respectivelyso they leave Paris without a medal after failing to repeat the bronze they won in Tokyo-2020 in synchronized swimming.
From the first dive, with which he obtained the perfect score of 10, Quan confirmed his 17 years his favorite position as the reigning Olympic champion in Tokyo-2020 and finished her five jumps with 425.60 points.
His compatriot Chen Yuxi, 18 years old and with which she won gold last week in synchronized platform diving, she repeated with 420.70 points the silver obtained in the individual final in Japan three years ago.
North Korean Kim Mi Rae, 23, maintained third place from the start of the final at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, and won bronze with 372.10 points.
China has won five of the eight diving finals so far. Wang Zongyan and Xie Siyi also led the men’s individual diving preliminary round on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 3m springboard.
The Aztec diving team arrived in Paris with important assets for the podium, but for the moment he only managed to win silver in the men’s synchronized 3m springboard event with Osmar Olvera and Juan Manuel Celaya.
