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| Pandelela with a forward 3½ somersaults made a big splash in her entry after her feet touched the platform and could only score 18.00 points in her first dive at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics |
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Tokyo 2020: Poor start proves costly for Pandelela
Bernama
Ogos 5, 2021
Pandelela started with a forward 3 1/2 somersaults but made a big splash in her entry and could only score 18.00 points at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre here. - REUTERS
TOKYO: A poorly executed first dive proved costly for national diving ace Pandelela Rinong as her quest for a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ended with her finishing 12th in the women's 10-metre (m) platform final here today.
The 28-year-old, who is competing in her fourth consecutive Olympics since making her debut in the 2008 Beijing edition, started with a forward 3 1/2 somersaults but made a big splash in her entry and could only score 18.00 points at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre here.
Although the Kuching-born diver found her rhythm to bounce back with scores of 71.05 (second dive), 60.80 (third dive) and 52.80 (fourth dive), she ended her five-dive routine with a low 43.20 points.
Her five-dive total of 245.85 points saw her finish last among the 12 finalists and, thus, dash the national diving camp's hopes of a medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
China's teenage twin terrors - Quan Hongchan, 14, and Chen Yuxi, 15, - were in a league of their own to clinch gold and silver respectively with runaway scores of 466.20 and 425.40 points. Australian Melissa Wu (371.40) settled for bronze.
The national diving camp will now return home empty-handed for the first time since the 2012 London Games.
Pandelela had bagged a bronze in the women's 10m platform in the London edition before teaming up with Cheong Jun Hoong for the 10m platform synchronised silver at the 2016 Rio Games.
In the Tokyo Games, Pandelela advanced to the semi-finals after finishing 18th in the preliminary round with 284.90 points on Wednesday (Aug 4) while Jun Hoong missed the top-18 cut after finishing 26th with 251.80 points.
Five-time World Championships medallist Pandelela was the last medal hope for the Malaysian diving squad after she and Leong Mun Yee finished last out of eight pairs in the women's 10m platform synchronised on July 27 and Nur Dhabitah Sabri finished fourth in the women's 3m springboard event on Sunday (Aug 1).
Pandelela is the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal when she bagged the bronze at the 2012 London Games.
Diving, badminton and cycling are the sports projected to deliver medals for the Malaysian contingent at the Tokyo Olympics but, so far, only shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik have delivered - winning a bronze in the men's doubles on Saturday (Aug 31).
-- BERNAMA
Tokyo 2020: Terkena platform kesilapan paling ditakuti penerjun - Bryan Lomas
Astro Arena
Ogos 6, 2021
Pandelela mengakhiri final 10m platform individu di Pusat Akuatik Tokyo, pada Khamis, di tangga ke-12. - Foto Astro ARENA
BRYAN Lomas berharap penerjun negara, Pandelela Rinong, segera memadam kedukaannya dalam Sukan Olimpik Tokyo 2020 sambil menjadikannya sebagai pemangkin semangat.
Pemenang pingat perak dalam acara seirama kempen di Rio lima tahun lalu itu mengakhiri final 10m platform individu di Pusat Akuatik Tokyo, semalam, di tangga ke-12.
Juri hanya memberikannya 18 mata dalam terjunan pertama berikutan kesilapan sebaik lompatannya, untuk mengumpul 245.85 mata keseluruhan.
"(Ada) benda yang saya tidak sangka (terjadi) dari awal lagi, maksudnya dalam pusingan kelayakan lagi
(Padahal) untuk layak ke separuh akhir untuk dirinya bukannya sukar.
"Dia seorang atlet yang sangat tekal. Tengok rekod terdahulunya, kalau 10 pertandingan yang dia pergi biasanya mata kutipannya 300 ke atas.
"Kita tahu biasanya prestasinya tekal termasuk dalam latihan. Cuma nasib tidak menyebelahinya kali ini apabila bergelut ke semifinal dan akhirnya masuk ke final," kata Bryan di Nadi Arena malam tadi.
Sumber Facebook MalaysiaSwimming
Tambahnya lagi, kesilapan yang paling ditakuti penerjun ialah terkena platform kerana ia boleh ganggu segala rentaknya.
"Buat mana-mana atlet (sekalipun), sebagus mana pun seseorang atlet itu tapi kalau dah terkena platform atau papan anjal memang sukar untuk kawal terjunan selepas itu.
"Saya tidak lihat latihannya dalam beberapa hari terakhir ini.
