Quan Hongchan of China opens with perfect 10, then wins gold on the 10-meter platform
Associated PressSAINT-DENIS, France — Quan Hongchan of China not only won her second gold medal in diving at the Paris Olympics, she did it Tuesday with a perfect score of 10 on her first of five dives. “The feeling was super.” The 17-year-old, a three-time world champion, said she had scored 10 three times before — including twice while winning gold in Tokyo. Kim Mi Rae of North Korea won bronze, adding to the silver medal she claimed earlier in women’s 10-meter synchronized, which was the country’s first medal ever in Olympic diving. It’s going to be a very small corner of, a page in the history of North Korea.” She added: “Although it’s a bronze, I am very happy to be able to bring back a medal to my country.” China is aiming for an unprecedented sweep of the eight diving golds.