NE-W ~1R...~iTS" TII"Yl~S 1//'-t"(~O I~ r 38. Divers to face severe night test THE outdoor Optus Aquatics Puteh are Malaysia's representa- "And diving at night makes it" Centre is known as one of the tives in the lrn springboard. more challenging. We are trying world's windiest venues and the Jun Hoong-Pandelela should to adapt with the conditions in decision to hold all finals at night finish on the podium following training. Our coaches (Zhang will add another layer of difficulty their recent good performances Yukun and" Christian Brooker) for the divers at the Common- . at the World Series, where they have told us to remain positive wealth Games. won silver in the Beijing leg and -and to do our best. Competition starts today with bronze in the Fuji leg. "Diving is a sport where you the men's lrn springboard, fol- - However, Jun Hoong fears the need to focus throughout the lowed by the women's 3m spring- _windy and cold conditions here competition". We will have to be board and 10m plat- could affect her and mentally strong to overcome the form synchro events. Pandelela in the plat- difficult conditions." Malaysia will- have form event. Jun Hoong also admitted that two pairs in the 10m "The conditions are she still has issues with her lower platform synchro in Rio difficult, but we can't do back problem. Olympic Games silver anything about it. The" "I have been carrying the injury medallists Cheong Jun team are trying hard to for a long time. What I do is just Hoong-Pandelela Ri- adapt with it," said Jun condition myself properly. The nong and Nur Dhabitah Hoong, who grabbed injury is an ongoing thing which I Sabri-Leong Mun Vee with the headlines last year by winning have to manage," she added former being the favourites in the the 10m platform world title in .Jun' Hoong, as the world cham-" - event. "Budapest. pion,will be tested severely in the Pandelela Rinong (left) and Cheong Jun Hoong. .Dhabitah-Mun Vee will- corn- "It's just really windy. The pool 10m platform" individual (In the pete in the 3m springboard syn- is right next to the water which following day. She did not do well Australia's Melissa Wu-Teju land's Lois Toulson-Robyn Birch chro _while Ahmad Amsyar Az- means it's always cold, it's windy in the individual event at last Williamson, Canada's Caeli McK- are the other contenders in to- man, Ooi Tz~ Liang and Syafiq and the wind is really strong. month's World Series. ay-Meaghen Benfeito and Eng- day's platform synchro event.