Lim, Teik Huat

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32DAYS TO GOBuy your tickets atwww.kualalumpur2017.com.2911{ 51A GAM,S."It AseAN 'A_A CIA"''' •THE STAR, TUESDAY 18JULY 2017•ams.oJoy' forJun Hoong. .Agony turned to joy for diver Cheonglun Hoang as she now has a WorldAquatics Championships medalin her collection. She partneredPandelela Rinong to claim the bronzefor Malaysia in the women's 10m~platforrnsvnchro final in Hungary.The Malaysians, who were the silver 'medallists at the Rio Olvrnpics lastyear, posted a five-dive' total of 328.74 points. "I'm very happy forlun Hoang' and Pandelela.They. beat the odds to come back from injuries to finish on the podium after only two weeksof training," said national coach Yang Zhuliang. >41'World's best: (from left) Pandelela Rinong. Cheong Jun Hoong. China's gold medal winners Ren Qian arid SiYajieand silver medal winners KimMi-rae and KimKuk-hyang of North Korea posing on the podium after the women's diving 10m synchro platform final at the World Aquatics,Championships in Budapest. Hungary. on Sunday. - APBy LIM TEIK HUAT~PETALING JAYA:Agony turned to joy fordiver Cheong [un Hoong as she now has a, I World Aquatics Championships medal in hercollection. .On Sunday, [un Hoong-Pandelela Rinong,put up a consistent performance to claim thebronze in the women's 10m platform synchroi final at the World Championships in Budapest,Hungary. It was Malaysia's fourth bronze inthe history of the championships.The Malaysian pair, who were the' silvermedallists at the Rio Olympics last year, post-ed a five-dive total of 328.74 points to shut outCanadians Meaghan Benfeito-Caeli Mckay(315.78). China's Ren Qian-Si Yajie earned a:stunning 83.52 points in their last dive for a352.56 total to deny North Korea's Kim Mi-rae-I Kim Kuk-hyang the gold in the 12-pair final.Just reward: Cheong Jun Hoong (right) and Pandelela Pinong showing off their bronze medals after finishingthird in the women's 10m platform synchro at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. Hungary. onSunday. -AP-RESULTS (All finals)Men1m springboard individual: 1. Peng Jianfeng (Chn) 448.40, 2. HeChao (Chn) 447.20, 3. Tocci Giovanni (ita) 444.25.Women10m platform synchro: 1. Ren Qian-Si Yajie (Chn) 352.56, 2. KimMi-rae-Kim Kuk-hyang (Prk) 336.48, 3. Pandelela Rinong-CheongJun Hoang (Mas) 328.74 ..The North Koreans settled for the silverwith 336.48 points.Both [un Hoong and Pandelela were strug-gling with injuries in the run-up to the WorldChampionships. [un Hoang had back musclespasms while Pandelela injured her rightshoulder during the DivingWorld Series cam-paigns in April.They were only cleared to compete in theplatform synchro a few days before the startof the world meet.[un Hoang also showed remarkable com-posure in bouncing back from a disappoint-ing performance in the 1m springboard finalon Saturday. She was placed last among the12 finalists. '"I'm very happy for [un Hoang andPandelela. They beat the odds to come backfrom injuries to finish on the podium afteronly two weeks of training," said nationalcoach Yang Zhuliang."[un Hoang performed better thanPandelela today but her back is sore now,"added Zhuliang.The 27-year-oldJun Hoang said she feltblessed to get the bronze."Normally, I don't look at the scoreboard. Ialways focused on my own dives and didn'tlook at the results until the end. I'm glad weare rewarded for our sacrifices," said JunHoang, who will join Pandelela in the wom-en's 10m platform preliminary round today.

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