‘Adopted’ Chinese diver seeks U.S. citizenship
Blood dripped, then poured from Colin (Zhipeng) Zeng’s nose. It was March 26, the final round of the NCAA men’s platform diving championship, and every time Zeng, 21, came up from a dive his nose gushed blood. Entering the final dive of the competition, Zeng and Arizona’s Rafael Quintero were separated by just one-tenth of a point with Zeng trailing. Justin Sochor, head men’s and women’s diving coach at Ohio State University, worried. “He wouldn’t be allowed to dive if they couldn’t stop the bleeding,” he said. In the stands, Zeng’s “American Mom,” Jolyn Canty, of Spokane Valley, prayed for a miracle. So did the young man from Fujian, China, whom she and her husband, Earle, had taken into their home six years ago/Cindy Hval, SR. More here.
