China’s youngest gold medallist told the press her motivation to win was simple: to make “a lot of money” to cure her mother’s illness. The young lady’s drive to help her family casts a spotlight on the dismal economic conditions faced by many Chinese citizens today. “My mom is ill… I don’t know what illness she has,” 14-year-old Quan Hongchan said on Aug. 5, adding that she doesn’t know how to pronounce the full name of the disease. The teenage girl won the women’s 10m platform diving final event at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre last Thursday. The young diver blew away the competition by achieving a record-breaking overall score of 466.20, more than 40 points ahead of her teammate who won silver. The full score of all her five dives during the final was 477 points. When asked about the secret to getting such a high score at a press …