Critics of China Olympic diving queen Quan Hongchan slammed for ‘uneducated idiot’ insults
- With over 140 million views on Weibo, the criticisms have sparked wave of outrage, becoming hot topic online
China’s newest Olympic diving star, Quan Hongchan, has faced hostile questions from sections of the media who have described her as an “idiot” and suggested she lacks education.
In response to the negative line of questioning, fans of Quan, who is just 17, have rallied behind the young athlete who now holds a position in world diving that belies her age.
To date, she has won five world championships and three Olympic golds, earning her the affectionate title of “Diving Queen”.
On August 7, during a post-event interview at the Paris Olympics, a journalist tried to teach Quan how to speak English.
In Mandarin, the reporter asked her: “You always say ‘the Paris Olympics is a piece of cake’. Do you know how to say this sentence in English? Let me teach you.”
