This is what a perfect dive looks like: Quan Hongchan scores 10s on her way to gold in women's 10m platform
Three-time world champion Quan Hongchan of China won the gold medal on Tuesday in the women's 10m 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.
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Quan set the tone on her first dive, recording a perfect score of 10 from all seven judges. AP
Kim Mi Rae of North Korea won bronze, adding to the silver medal she claimed earlier in women's 10m synchronised, 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.
The two Chinese women teamed up earlier to win the 10-metre synchronised 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 synchronised competitions in the opening week of the Games.
The dive was a forward 3 1/2 somersaults, setting off wild cheers among a venue packed with Chinese fans. Getty
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 10m in 2021, was eliminated in the semifinals.
Daryn Wright was knocked out in the prelims.
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