Quan Hongchan achieves perfection, shatters Olympic record in women's 10m platform diving final

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Perfection exists at the Tokyo Olympics, and it was on display during the final round of the women's 10m platform diving competition when Chinese diver Quan Hongchan performed two dives that earned straight scores of 10 from all seven judges.

Quan just turned 14 in March and is the youngest athlete representing China in Tokyo, but she looked like a seasoned veteran from her stance at the top of the platform to the moment she completed a splash-less entry into the pool.

In her first major international competition, she totaled a 466.20 to obliterate the previous Olympic record of 447.70 and capture her first gold in dominant fashion. The newest diver in a long line of Chinese Olympic champions took up the sport as a way to financially support her mother who has an illness that requires year-round treatment.