<p>Paris: China's Quan Hongchan won the women's 10-metre platform event on Tuesday, bagging the country's fifth diving gold medal at the Paris Olympics.</p><p>Quan retained her Tokyo title on 425.60 points from teammate Chen Yuxi who again won silver. North Korea's Kim Mi Rae took the bronze.</p><p>Quan and Chen, who won the synchronised 10m platform event last week, were clear favourites to reach the individual final having dominated the preliminary and semi-final rounds.</p>.Olympics 2024 | Star wrestler Vinesh Phogat enters maiden semi-final.<p>The 17-year-old Quan quickly demonstrate what perfection is in a dive by getting full marks from all the judges on her first dive – a forward 3-1/2 somersaults piked.</p><p>Quan made mistakes on her third dive, however, which allowed Chen, who turns 19 next month, to narrow the gap to 1.6 points after the 20-year-old executed a neat routine from an arm stand position to score 89.1 points, her highest in the final.</p><p>Quan quickly recovered with a better fourth dive, scoring 92.4 points to keep her lead, and finished well to claim gold.</p><p>The 23-year-old Kim got her second medal in Paris after taking silver in the synchronised 10m platform event. </p>
<p>Paris: China's Quan Hongchan won the women's 10-metre platform event on Tuesday, bagging the country's fifth diving gold medal at the Paris Olympics.</p><p>Quan retained her Tokyo title on 425.60 points from teammate Chen Yuxi who again won silver. North Korea's Kim Mi Rae took the bronze.</p><p>Quan and Chen, who won the synchronised 10m platform event last week, were clear favourites to reach the individual final having dominated the preliminary and semi-final rounds.</p>.Olympics 2024 | Star wrestler Vinesh Phogat enters maiden semi-final.<p>The 17-year-old Quan quickly demonstrate what perfection is in a dive by getting full marks from all the judges on her first dive – a forward 3-1/2 somersaults piked.</p><p>Quan made mistakes on her third dive, however, which allowed Chen, who turns 19 next month, to narrow the gap to 1.6 points after the 20-year-old executed a neat routine from an arm stand position to score 89.1 points, her highest in the final.</p><p>Quan quickly recovered with a better fourth dive, scoring 92.4 points to keep her lead, and finished well to claim gold.</p><p>The 23-year-old Kim got her second medal in Paris after taking silver in the synchronised 10m platform event. </p>