On Thursday afternoon, 14-year-old Quan Hongchan, the youngest athlete of Team China this year, won the women's 10-meter platform diving event, with her teammate Chen Yuxi claiming silver. The nation cheered for the girls, as they have become the ninth pair to finish one-two for Team China in Tokyo.
-- Chinese athletes have made breakthroughs from land to water at the Tokyo Olympics, while some teams failed to live up to expectations. -- For many Chinese, it's not just the gold medals that count, in contrast to the thinking about 'winning or losing' a decade ago.
Coach Li Sun (L) and player Chen Meng of China cheer for teammate during the table tennis women's team gold medal match between China and Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021.
TOKYO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese athletics team continued to make breakthrough at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday with a silver medal in the men's triple jump and both the men's and women's teams reaching the 4X100m relay finals.
