Quan Hongchan skipped the World Aquatics Championships. Where is China's diving ace?
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Quan was originally listed in the squad to compete at the world championships, but had to withdraw because of what she called 'a serious ankle' injury.
While her teammates continued the country's long-held diving domination, picking up seven from a possible eight golds in Singapore, Quan has returned to training, vowing to come back for the 15th National Games in Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macau.
However, a video of Quan being unable to complete an exercise in training sparked discussion on Weibo this week as to whether she is capable of remaining among the very best.
A hashtag related to the video and her recovery has been viewed more than 70 million times.
Quan Hongchan competes during the women's 10m platform final at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua
The video showed Quan not being able to perform as many hanging leg raises as her male training partner. The video did not show how many she had completed before she had to stop.
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