38 Sport Appetiser for- Gold Coast Malaysian duoon track for medal in ('wealth Games

By LIM. TEIK HUAT -

PETALING JAVA: Diving duo Cheong [un Hoong- signalled their intention to land a gold medal in the' women's -10m plat- form synchro next month after a good start at the Diving World Series in Beijing, , [un Hoong-Pandelela, the reign- ing Olympic silver, medallists, All the best: returned to the pool for the first '. willcompete in the women's Bm time this year to capture the silver springboard individual today: medal at the opening round of the Diving World Series yesterday. RESU~TS They executed their fourth dive Men 10m platform synchro final: 1. Chen Aisen- well to gamer 76.80, pushing them Yang Hao (Chn) 484.29, 2. Maksym Dolgov- from a bronze. to a silver-medal Oleksandr Gorshkovozov (Ukr) 417.93,3. Tom Daley-Daniel Goodfellow(Bri) 400.68. position. . 'Women sm springboard synchro final: 1. ' The Malaysian pair held on, earn- Chen Yiwen-Wang.Han (Chn) 336.12, 2. Esther ing 66.24 to finish with a five-dive Qin-Anabelle Smith (Aus) 297.60, 4. Jennifer Abel- total of312.24 points at the National Melissa Citrini Beaulieu (Can) 292.74. Seleded:S. Nur Dhabitah Sabri-Leong Mun Yee{f.v1as) 282.84 .. Aquatics Centre, also known as the 10m platform synchro final: 1. Zhang Jiaqi-Zhang Water Cube. . . Minjie (Chn) 368.22, 2.Pandelela Rinong-Cheong [un Hoong-Pandelela earned- Jun Hoong (Mas) 312.24; 3. -Taneka 50.40, 50.40 and 68.40 for the first Kovchenko (Aus) 299.46. three attempts. China's new pairing Zhang [iaqi- World Aquatics Championships in Zhang Minjie claimed the gold with Budapest, Hungary, last year quali- 368.22 points. fied for the Diving World Series. 's Taneka Kovchenko- ACting head coach Zhang Yukun Melissa Wu posted 299.46 to snatch was pleased that [un Hoong- the bronze from North Koreans Pandelela made it to the podium. Kim Kuk-hyang-Kirn Mi-rae (293.34) "The Australian and Canadian while Canadians - pairs are their main rivals at the Caeli McKay were placed fifth with Commonwealth ..Games in Gold 290;88 points. . Coast. Only the top six pairs from the "This is only the first competition