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Quan Hongchan

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Quan Hongchan

全紅嬋

The latest news on Quan Hongchan, Chinese professional diver and Olympian, including competition news and updates.

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4 December, 2024

The brother of China’s Olympic diving queen Quan Hongchan has revealed that he has turned down US$28 million in contracts to focus on helping farmers. Photo: SCMP composite/Xinhua/QQ.com/Douyin

Trending in China

China Olympic dive queen’s brother shuns US$28 million contracts to help farmers

E-commerce entrepreneur insists his family are not wealthy, says there is more to their well-being than his sister’s incredible sporting success.

30 Dec 2024 - 9:10AM

Trending in China

China’s Fan Zhendong pleads for privacy after supporters mob him at hotel

16 Dec 2024 - 8:35AM

Trending in China

China museum slammed over ‘ugly’ statue of Olympic diving queen Quan Hongchan

9 Oct 2024 - 10:10PM

Trending in China

Millions enjoy China idol Wang Leehom return, including dive queen Quan Hongchan

Return of international pop idol at Macau mega event attracts 4 billion views on social media globally.

25 Sep 2024 - 10:40PM

Millions of fans worldwide celebrated Wang Leehom’s comeback performance at a recent major event in Macau.
Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong gives Chinese Olympians hero’s welcome as trip starts – as it happened

Olympians are visiting the city fresh from bagging 40 gold medals at Paris Games.

30 Aug 2024 - 12:27AM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Xi praises China’s Olympians for winning ‘glory for the country and people’

President Xi Jinping meets country’s athletes at event in Beijing and says they won with ‘morality and integrity’.

21 Aug 2024 - 9:07AMvideocam

Trending in China

‘Uneducated idiot’ taunts about China diving queen Quan Hongchan slammed

Critics of China’s teenage Olympic diving champion Quan Hongchan have been rounded on by supporters of the gold medal-winning youngster after they suggested she lacked a proper education.

20 Aug 2024 - 9:58AM

Critics of China’s Olympic diving queen Quan Hongchan have faced an online backlash after they described her as an “idiot” and accused her of being uneducated. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/Sohu/China.com.cn

Hong Kong sports

Opinion | How to achieve Olympic success? China offers some answers

The making of victory on the Olympic stage involves a combination of factors, from population and geographic diversity to sufficient funding.

18 Aug 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

China’s Quan pushed to brink by fans, Pan would swap gold for quiet life

Olympic gold medallists discover true cost of fame on return to mainland China, and some fans react badly to not getting stars’ full attention.

13 Aug 2024 - 1:46PM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Games: Fans shower Quan Hongchan with dolls, nod to family’s beginnings

Since striking her first Olympic title in Tokyo three years ago, she has been catapulted into the international limelight, and her double golds in Paris entrenched her as China’s ‘diving darling’ and a global phenomenon.

8 Aug 2024 - 11:01AM

China’s diving queen Quan Hongchan has inspired fans as much for her story outside the pool as for her talents on a board. Photo: Xinhua

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Who is China’s diving queen Quan Hongchan?

7 Aug 2024 - 6:01PM

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Profile | Who is Quan Hongchan? Teen diving queen has 3 Olympic golds, loves Eileen Gu, toys

At 17, the triple Olympic champion is still just a kid at heart, despite being dominant force in her sport.

7 Aug 2024 - 6:23PMvideocam

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Tearful Quan gives perfect example of why she’s China’s golden girl in Paris

Quan Hongchan outduels diving teammate Chen Yuxi to claim women’s 10m platform title. Chen takes silver, North Korea’s Kim Mi-rae wins bronze.

7 Aug 2024 - 6:23PMvideocam

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics day 11: China boxing silver, Filipino bronze – as it happened

Yang Wenlu beaten to gold by Ireland’s Kellie Harrington, after men’s basketball reaches a critical stage with Team USA into semi-finals.

7 Aug 2024 - 7:19AM

Yang Wenlu in action in her 60kg boxing final in Paris. Photo: Xinhua

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics day 5: bronze for Haughey, world record for Pan – as it happened

Pan Zhanle smashes world best in men’s 100m freestyle, after the women’s version sees Siobhan Haughey beaten to gold.

1 Aug 2024 - 6:02AM

Gold medallist Sarah Sjostrom (centre), is flanked by silver medallist Torri Huske (left) and bronze medallist Siobhan Haughey after the women’s 100m freestyle final. Photo: Getty Images

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Haughey, diving star Quan, triathlon - 5 things to know for day 5 at Olympics

Obviously, the Hong Kong swimming sensation is in action later, but there is plenty happening between now and then in the French capital.

31 Jul 2024 - 6:07PMvideocam

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

5 Olympic athletes to follow on social media, from Quan Hongchan to Coco Gauff

Chinese diver Quan has won hearts since her Tokyo Games gold, while tennis star Gauff is the youngest US flag bearer ever.

25 Jul 2024 - 2:54PM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Exclusive | Angry Chinese table tennis superfans threaten Paris Olympics TV protest

Group say they could disrupt broadcast in China with banners Western media would be ‘very interested’ in, after being censored at home.

8 Jul 2024 - 9:49AM

Wang Manyu has been omitted from China’s women’s singles team for Paris. Photo: Xinhua

Trending in China

China’s sports fanatics told to stop harassing athletes — ‘refrain from chaos’

Chinese Olympic Committee and General Administration of Sport release statement slamming ‘irrational actions’ after athletes ask overly eager fans to respect boundaries.

28 Nov 2023 - 5:46PM

Asian Games 2023

Chinese fans love ‘adorable’ diver Quan and ‘the zoo hanging off her backpack’

The 16-year-old sensation is spotted leaving Asian Games at Hangzhou airport wearing a satchel covered in her signature turtle toys – and netizens can’t get enough of her.

6 Oct 2023 - 3:04PM

Asian Games 2023

Asian Games’ most heartwarming moments as diver Quan, 16, regifts turtle toy

Chinese teen diving sensation Quan Hongchan melts hearts at Hangzhou arena and on social media as she gives present from fan to her coach.

6 Oct 2023 - 4:21PM

Teen diving sensation Quan Hongchan won gold for China on Tuesday, and more hearts by regifting a turtle toy thrown from a fan to her coach. Photo: Weibo

Asian Games 2023

Olympic chief expects China to stage ‘greatest ever’ Asian Games

Olympic Council of Asia acting president Randhir Singh says IOC’s refusal to acknowledge regional body’s election won’t harm multi-sport event in Hangzhou next month.

11 Aug 2023 - 4:44PMvideocam

India’s Randhir Singh expects the Asian Games in China to be the greatest ever. Photo: Reuters

Swimming

Chinese fans marvel as ‘little girl’ Quan Hongchan ‘grows up’, wins gold

The 16-year-old blows away the competition in 10m synchro platform final at Fina Diving World Cup, winning first international medal since stunning Tokyo Olympics gold.

14 Apr 2023 - 5:45PMvideocam

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