China diving star Quan Hongchan in Asian Games scare after injury rules her out of trials
Guangdong, province of the Tokyo and Paris Games gold medallist, had alerted that she was managing her injuries in the first half of the year
Triple Olympic gold medallist Quan Hongchan could miss the Asian Games in September after injury forced her out of China national team trials this weekend.
According to the list of entries released on Thursday, Quan is not going to be taking part in the selection meet. She has reportedly been battling tibia and ankle problems for several months.
Officials said the two-legged trials, to be held this weekend, and from June 11 to 13, would form “an important basis” for selecting the country’s squad for the Games in Japan.
The 19-year-old’s province, Guangdong, had already said in late April that she was “in a period of injury recovery”.
Guangdong Ersha Sports Training Centre said at the time that Quan was not in a condition to compete and would “focus more on her studies and miss all competitions in the first half of the year”.
Quan won her first Olympic gold in the women’s 10m platform at the Tokyo Games in 2021 at the age of 14, and added two more in the women’s individual and synchronised 10m platform in Paris three years later, but has struggled with injuries in recent seasons.