After winner gold with three perfect scores in the women's 10—meter platform final, Quan Hongchan's interviews and moving stories of growing up have caused the public's imaginations(想象).
She admitted(承认) that speaking in front of the cameras made her even more nervous than jumping off the platform at the Olympics.
"I just want to eat a lot of delicious food , like spicy gluten strips(辣条), " said Quan after winning gold. "I'm clumsy(笨拙的), and I'm not good at study. I just know how to dive. "
"And what's my secret in diving？I don't know. Some people say my splash（水花）into the water is even smaller than the splash they make when they throw a dumpling into a pot. I don't know and I've never compared（比较）the two. "
Quan, who comes from a poor family, was barely known before the Tokyo Olympic. Now she suddenly finds herself a huge star on social media. By last Sunday afternoon, her Weibo account had got over a million one hundred thousand followers. The teenager was the subject of around 30 topics, including her diving performances, her childhood experiences and so on.
Her interviews has aroused（引起）special interest in her family's difficult situation. "My mum is sick now. I really want to make more money, so I can cure her, "Quan told a news conference.
Quan was born and raised in a village. In 2017, her mother was badly hurt in a car accident. Since then, the medicinal bills（账单）have piled up, and left Quan's father as the family's only earner. When the accident happened, Quan had been diving for just three years.
Quan's story has won the heart of the nation. Besides being surrounded（围绕）with congratulations and messages of support, she has been contacted by many organizations, companies and individuals（个人）offering to help her family.
Fans have even been mailing spicy gluten strips to Quan's family, with boxes of the snacks piling up and blocking the door to their home.
Quan's sudden fame（名气）has also brought some unwanted attention, with fans flocking（蜂拥）to her home in search of photo chances. Quan Hongchan's home has become a tourist attraction, and every day nearly a hundred people go there to take photos. Some Internet celebrities（名人）have even started doing online live broadcasting in front of Quan's home.
Experts（专家）have expressed worries that the craze could be harmful to the youngster's growth. As she's still just a teenager, society needs to protect her innocence（纯真）. We need to protect her from the side effects（副作用）of social media. After all, Quan is only 14 years old, and there's a long journey ahead of her.
