Rio Olympics: Malaysia wins first medal as Divers Pandelela Rinong and Cheong Jun Hoong delivered a silver medal

Pandelela-Jun Hoong nail historic silver medal for Malaysia in diving




RIO DE JANEIRO: Divers Pandelela Rinong and Cheong Jun Hoong delivered Malaysia's first medal at the Rio Games with a silver medal in the women's 10m platform synchro on Tuesday.

Pandelela-Jun Hoong scored a total of 344.34 points after five dives at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre.

Lying in third place after the third dive, the Malaysian pair upped the ante to finish strongly behind China's Chen Roulin-Liu Huixia who won the gold medal with 354.00 total. Canada's Meaghan Benfeito-Roseline Filion settled for bronze with 336.18.