Mun Yee, Pandelela strike gold at Fina Diving Grand Prix
KUALA LUMPUR: National divers Leong Mun Yee and Pandelela Rinong won gold in the women's 10m platform synchronised event at the Kuala Lumpur Fina Diving Grand Prix on Sunday.
The pair scored 311.26 points to finish ahead of Australians Emily Boyd and Nikita Hains (280.68) for Malaysia's second gold of the three-day meet.
Only four pairs competed in the event after favourites Zhang Jiaqi and Zhang Minjie of China withdrew.
Earlier, Gabriel Gilbert and Nur Dhabitah Sabri earned a silver medal in the mixed 3m springboard synchronised with 272.19 points as Japan's Reo Nishida- and Hazuki Miyamoto won gold on 275.34.
Malaysia ended the competition with a medal haul of two gold, four silver and one bronze to rank third overall.
South Korea topped the tally with three gold, three silver and three bronze; while China were second on 3-2-1 after Tai Xiaohu claimed their third gold in the men's 10m platform; and Japan's two gold medals came on the final day of action.
RESULTS: Men's 10m platform: 1.Tai Xiaohu (Chn) 506.00 pts,
2.Woo Ha-ram (Kor) 486.80,
3.Kyle Kothari (Bri) 411.25; Women's 3m springboard synchro: 1.Hazuki Miyamoto-Sayaka Mikami (Jpn) 272.40 pts,
2.Cho Eun-bi-Kim Su-ji (Kor) 266.34,
3.Scarlett Jensen-Yasmin Harper (Bri) 252.00; 10m platform synchro: 1.Leong Mun Yee-Pandelela Rinong (Mas) 311.28 pts,
2.Emily Boyd-Nikita Hains (Aus) 280.68,
3.Cho Eun-bi-Kim Su-ji (Kor) 275.10; Mixed 3m springboard synchro: 1.Reo Nishida-Hazuki Miyamoto (Jpn) 275.34 pts,
2.Gabriel Gilbert-Nur Dhabitah Sabri (Mas) 272.19,
3.Woo Ha-ram-Kim Su-ji (Kor) 268.02. © New Straits Times Press
