China tries to go for 8-for-8 sweep in diving gold at the Paris Olympics

FILE - Chen Yuxi of China, left, silver medal and Quan Hongchan of China, gold medal react after winning gold medal in women's diving 10m platform final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Chinese divers are focused on winning all eight gold medals at the Paris Olympics. The Chinese have dominated the sport for decades but have never won every gold medal in diving in a single Olympics.

FILE - Chen Yuxi of China, left, silver medal and Quan Hongchan of China, gold medal react after winning gold medal in women's diving 10m platform final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Chinese divers are focused on winning all eight gold medals at the Paris Olympics. The Chinese have dominated the sport for decades but have never won every gold medal in diving in a single Olympics. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)


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Chinese divers are focused on winning all eight gold medals at the Paris Olympics. The Chinese have dominated the sport for decades but have never won every gold medal in diving in a single Olympics. They might this time, and their record is staggering. Counting from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Chinese have won 27 of the 32 available gold medals. Counting from 1984 in Los Angeles when China won its first diving gold, it has won 47 of 64 gold medals. Add to that, 23 silver and 10 bronze.

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