Chinese diver Quan Hongchan’s performance at a diving world cup last year has resurfaced, leaving viewers absolutely stunned.
With the 17-year-old having just won two gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning her second yesterday (August 6) with a perfect score of 10, footage of her performance at the World Aquatic’s Diving World Cup 2023 in Montreal, Canada has resurfaced online. Check it out:
Quan took part in the women’s 10m platform yesterday, with her first out of five dives coming in at a perfect score of 10.
The Olympic’s website states: “She scored a total of 425.60 points and ranked first for four out of the five dives, with only her third-round dive ranking second among the 12 finalists.”
Fellow Chinese teammate Chen Yuxi took home silver with 420.70 points and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea diver Kim Mi Rae was awarded bronze, achieving a score of 372.10 points.
And since Quan’s monumental win and perfect score, footage of one of her dives at last year’s Diving World Cup where the diver – who would’ve been around 16 years old at the time – doesn’t even make a ‘splash’ has since been shared online.
Quan Hongchan took home two gold medals at the 2024 Olympics (Clive Rose/Getty Images)
A video from a spectator at the Diving World Cup in Montreal has been circulating on social media.
A user shared it to Twitter alongside the caption: “Quan Hongchan, wins gold with a dive so flawless the water doesn’t even splash.”
And in the clip, you can see Quan performing a ‘back three-and-a-half somersaults tuck’ in the final round of five of the women’s 10m platform event.
Her score across the board is near-perfect – a sea of 10’s and one 9.5 – resulting in her taking the top spot with a total of 367.00, with China‘s Chen Yuxi coming in at second place at 342.90 and Great Britain’s Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix in third with 287.40.
And it’s not taken long for people to flood online in awe of the dive.
One Twitter user said: “How is that even possible, water diving IMO is one of the coolest sports.”
“Her ability is completely in another level. Most of the time, her lowest score is higher than most other athletes’ highest scores, which is insane….” another added.
A Reddit user on the thread r/interestingasf**k wrote: “She hacked water, how is it physically possible to jump from that height and not make a splash?”
Others pointed out you can see a tinsy winsy splash, but hey, as another user u/ InclinationCompass: “I get more splashback from my toilet than that.”
So haters just stop hating please.
