HANGZHOU, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — China’s Olympic champion Quan Hongchan outclassed teammate Chen Yuxi in an exciting battle to win the ladies’s 10m platform gold medal on Tuesday on the Hangzhou Asian Games.
The 16-year-old Quan and 17-year-old Chen, who mixed to say their first Asian Games title with victory within the synchronized occasion final Saturday, confirmed that they’re in a league of their very own as soon as once more.
Quan led the primary three dives, whereas Chen surpassed her after the fourth spherical. But Quan executed her ultimate dive almost flawlessly and earned a set of 10s to complete with a complete of 438.20 factors. Chen, triple world champion within the occasion, missed out on a prime spot by 2.55 factors.
Malaysia’s Pandelela Rinong Pmag got here a distant third with 280.50.
Quan jumped to fame on the Tokyo Games when she bought the higher of Chen with a brand new world document of 466.20 factors to win Olympic gold. Chen managed to revenge in final yr’s Budapest worlds and the Fukuoka worlds this July.