Bronze will do.nicely

Winners all: (from left) Malaysian bronze medallists -Pandelela Rinong, gold medallists Chang Yani-Ren Qian of and silver medallists KimMi-rae-Kim Kuk-hyang of North Korea posing on the podium after the women's 10m platform synchro event in the FINADivingWorld Series SN°~~thUK~O;~h;~;e'd~nyPandelela-lun H~~~hg;ilv~t30;i'h ra~tdive BV LIM TEIK HUAT FINAL RESULTS hyang-Kim Mi-rae for the silver. Malaysian coach Yang Zhuliang . The North Koreans, who finished was pleased with the performance Men's 10m platform svnchro: 1. -Yang PETALING JAYA:. 's Hao (Chn) 463.71.2. Patrick Hausding- fourth in Rio, seared 76.80 and of Pandelela-Juh Hoang. Pandelela Rinong-Cheong [un Hoang (Ger) 437.94, 3. Victor Minibaev-Aleksandr Bondar 83.52 in the last two dives to secure "They put up a tidier perfor- maintained their good form in China (Rus) 429.03. their first silver medal of the sea- mance this time compared to the with another podium finish in the Women's 10m platform svnchro: 1. Ren Qian- son. first leg in Beijing, where they ChangYani (Chn) 347.82, 2. Kim Kuk-hyang-Kim women's 10m platform synchro Mi-rae (Kor) 339.72, 3. Pandelela Rinong-Cheong China's Ren Qian-Chang Yani scored 316.08. event at the FINA World Jun Hoong·(Mas) 332.46. romped to their second gold in as "TIle North Koreans executed a Series second leg in . many weeks with 347.82 points. very clean final attempt to deny us Pandelela-Jun Hoang, who had ry at the Aoti SWimming Natatorium The back-ta-back podium feat on the silver. taken silver in the season-opening - sharing the lead with China's Ren Chinese soil was enough. for the "The North Korean pair may be event in Beijing last week, clinched Qian-Chang Yani - with two dives to Malaysians to share second spot new, but Ithink they are a threat to the bronze medal yesterday with a go. with the North Koreans on 45 points us in the coming events," he said. five-dive total of 332.46 points. Pandelela-Jun Hoang's scores of in the overall standings at the half- The last two legs of the series will . Pandelela-Iun Hoang, silver med- 54.00-54.00-74.70-72.00-77.76, how- way stage of the prestigious series. be in Kazan, Russia (March 31-April allists at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics ever, resulted in them being over- China lead the eight-nation stand- 2); and Windsor, Canada (April last year, were on the brink ofvicta- taken by North Koreans Kim Kuk- ings with 54 points. 21-23).