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Tze Liang MAJESTIC ready to .Jun Hoonq and Pandelela display great skill to win 10m platforrnsynchro gold kickstat ns

E,'SPITE the' Win,dY,con- ditions, Cheong Jun career, aqan Hoong and, Pandelela D Rinong produced a 001 Tze Liang's career has been dominant performance-ito win going downhill since he won the the women's 10m platform syn- men's 3m springboard gold chro gold medal at -the. Optus medal at the 2014 Com- Aquatic Centre yesterday. " monwealth Games. . - Jun Hoong-Pandelela, silver The, diver hopes to revive- his medallists at the 2016 Rio fortunes when he steps on the Olympics' and bronze medallists springboard to defend his title at-, at the 2017 World Champi- " the Optus Aquatic Centre today. onships, impressed the judges At the 2014 Glasgow edition, with their world class show as Tie Liang upset Jack Laugher of they earned '53~40, 70.20, 76.80, for the gold. , 74.88 for a five-dive total-of Signs are that' the Malaysian 328.08 points.' They led from Leong Mun Vee (left) and Nur Dhabitah Sabri won bronzein the 10m platformsunchro. will struggle in the event follow- start to finish. ing his poor show in yesterday's For the record, it is Malaysia's Hoong. lm springboard discipline. ' third title , "It was windy when we were on Tze Liang finished nth in the in' ' after Pandelela (lOrn the platform but we kept our fo-, " t' 1m event with a 319.00 total while platform in' 2010) and. Ooi Tze cus." 0PM",',''co, ngra', ulates ,d U0 debutant Syaflq Puteh (378.90) Liang (men's 3m-springboard in Pandelela said they Were un- " and Ahmad Amsyar Ahmad 2014). ' certain about their form as they' , (369.40) ended up fifth and sixth, Cornpatri- . did not do too well in training DEPUTY Prime Minister, Datuk -:Coast, Australia yesterday, respectively . o t s ' Leo n g before the event. Seri D~.Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has . "Malaysia's' third GOLD gift "I am focused on performing .,. Mun 'Vee-Nul' "However, we managed to per- . congratulated Cheong Jun from, the women's 10m synchro- well tomorrow, The poor show to- D h a bit a h form well. We only knew we would' ,Hoong and Pandelela Rinong on nised platform. Congratulations day will not really affect me in the Sa b rig a ve win after completing our final their successful efforts in win- @cheongjunhoong & @Pan- 3m springboard," said Tze Liang. --- ~ ~ ~" ~ - ~ M al ay si a . dive. "In diving, things can' go ning the women's 10m synchro-. , .delelaR, Let us all continue to "I will use my experience on the 'dt6t5'ji"'v more, cheers wrong and we kept our concen- ' ,nised platform gold at the Optus support our national athletes at board today to do better tomor- by bagging a tration on our final dive," said Aquatics Centre in the 'Ongoing #GC2018, he announced via his row. It is windy in the morning bronze in the 10m event to add to Pandelela.. , , Commonwealth Games in Gold' official twitter accoun. andnight, -,but I think I have ,./ the afternoon's 3m springboard MUn Yee-Dhabitah felt that the adapted to the conditions here. synchro event, thanks to a high bronze they had won in the 3m , "As a defending champion, I scoring final dive of 74.88 fora', synchro was tougher than the willdo the best Ican with Laugher 308.16 total. Canada's Meaghan one they' achieve in the 10m synchro events on the same day last." being the contender." Benfeito-Caeli Mckay took silver event. ' " ' was taxing to her body. "It was In the 3m synchro event, Mun Amsyar and Chew Yiwei are the on 312.12. ' - . "We were fourth going into our challenging as' were here at Yee and Dhabitah were 61.40 other Malaysians competing in For Jun Hoong, it was a special final dive in the 10m, event. We 7.30am to train before the com- points away from the gold medal the 3m event today. day as the gold was also her first promised ourselves to give our petition. We only returned to the but the latter miscued her entry For Syafiq, it was a memorable medal in the competition since best shot on our dive and get a Games" Village for an hour for in the pair's final dive to finish outing as he did better than Podi- making her Commonwealth' medal. .' lunch before, returning 'to the with a 264.90 total. They record- urn Programme divers Amsyar Games debut in 2006. ' "The 3m synchro bronze, how- venue for the 10m event," said ed 46.80, 48.00, 69.30 and 58.50 and Tze Liang. "I feel happy and blessed. .ever, is worth more than the' one- MunYee. in the opening four dives. ' , .Syaflq said: "I am delighted Thanks to my partner, I have fi- , :.,from the 10m as it was more dif- Asked whether the Gold Coast Australia's Esther Qin-Georgia with my perform'ance in the 1m nally won a Commonwealth ficult for us," said Nur Dhabitah, outing, her fourth games, would Sheehan won the gold medal with springboard final. It iS,my career-, Games medal. It is also the cOlm- ' who only paired up withMun Yee be her last, the 34-year-old said: a 284.10 total, followed by Eng- best total score .. try's first synchro title at the early this year. " "Most likely, it will be my last. A , land's Alicia Blagg-Katherine ,"I could have done better hadi games," said the Jpoh-born Jun Mun Yee said competing in two great way to end it if it is my Torrance (276.90). done better in two of six dives."