Hongchan Quan of China competes in the Diving Women’s 10m Platform Semifinal during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre in Paris (France), August 05, 2024.
by Dan D’Addona — Swimming World Managing Editor
06 August 2024, 09:07am
Paris Olympics: China Finishes 1-2 in Dominating Women’s 10-Meter Diving
China continued its diving dominance at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a 1-2 finish in the women’s 10-meter platform competition.
The gold medal went to Quan Hongchan, who finished with a score of 425.60, leading from start to finish in the competition.
Teammate Chen Yuxi took the silver medal with a score of 420.70. She was second behind Quan in the preliminaries and semifinals and was the only other diver within striking distance of the top spot.
The bronze medal at the Paris Olympics went to Korea’s Mi Rae Kim, who used a late rise to earn the third spot. After preliminaries, she was 10th only to rise to fourth after semifinals and finish third with a score of 372.10.
Canada’s Caeli McKey just missed out on the podium with a fourth-place finish of 364.50.
Mexico’s Gabriella Agundez took fifth with a score or 350.40 and teammate Alejandra Orozco Loza took eighth with a 320.60, giving Mexico two in the top eight.
Great Britain’s Andrea Spendolini Sirieix took sixth with a score of 345.50 and Australia’s Ellie Cole was seventh with a 333.30.
There were 29 divers in the field at the Olympics, which was narrowed to 18 for the semifinals, then 12 in the finals.
USA’s Delaney Schnell finished 15th (270.95) and teammate Daryn Wright took 19th, just missing the semis.