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I~ NewStraitsTimes. SATURDAY,APRIL l~2017 46 DIVING Jun Hoang pulls out with back pain, - Pandelela and Nur Dhabitah finish fourth FABIAN PETER Jun Hoong, 27, said she chose , [email protected] to take it easy as she didn't want to aggravate her injury and risk \·LAST minute with- her chances of competing in the . drawal by Cheong Jun World Championships in Bu- .- Hoong saw Malaysia's dapest, Hungary on JulyI4-22 . A.fine run in the World "It's a fact of life that we must Diving Series come to an end yes- .sometime take a step back. I have terday. not been physically fit," added Pandelela Rinong and Nur Jun Hoong. _. Dhabitah Sabri managed to fin- In yesterday's final, Pandelela- ish only fourth in the women's Nur Dhabitahchalked up 283.02 . 10m platform synchro final in the' points' to finish behind Russian' third leg in Kazan, Russia. duo luliia: Timoshinina-Valeriia .Jun- Hoong, the 2016 Rio .Belova (284.76) who 'claimed the + Olympic Games silver medallist bronze medal. i-- with Pandelela, decided to pull Favourite Ren Qian-Si Yajie of out of the event in the morning China, as expected, won the gold _ after experiencing pain in her medal on 328.20 points followed back," as Nur Dhabitah stood in by Canada's Meaghan Benfeito- for her: Caeli Mckay who settled for silver Pandelela-Jun Hoong had ear- on 291.06 points. lier won silver and bronze in the Pandelela and Nur Dhabitah same event in the first and sec- will again feature in the women's ond leg in Beijing and Guangzhou 10m platform individual event to- Nur Dhabitah Sabri (left) stood in for Cheong Jun Hoong in the 10m platform synchro final with respectively last month. day. Pandelela Rinonq..

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