Feature: Quan Hongchan jumps from hopscotch to Asiad diving top podium

HANGZHOU, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- When teenage diver Quan Hongchan ascended from the 10m platform into the air, the scene might transport those close to her back to a sweltering summer day nine years ago.

It was a school day when the young girl from the countryside played hopscotch with her classmates on the playground in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, and a coach noticed her. Chen Huaming, a former diver and coach from Zhanjiang City Sports School, found her dexterous and observed that she could jump higher and longer.