+ . MONDAY, JULY 17,2017 • NeWStraitsTimes 39 Pandelela Rinong (left) and Cheong Jun Hoong came in fourth in the women's 10m platform synchro preliminaries at the World ..0-~. Aquatics Championships in Budapest yesterday. DIVING " ' . + Pa-ndehHa. Jun Hoong qua.lify for world final PANDELELA Rinong and Cheong tivation," said Zhuliang yester-' Jun Hoong showed no signs of . day. injuries. when the Malaysians Jun Hoong blew her chance to took fourth spot in the women's , earn an individual medal when 10m platform synchro prelimi- she finished last in the 12-field naries at the World Aquatics women's lm springboard final on Championships in Budapest yes- Saturday. terday, The Perak-born, who took third , Pandelela suffered a shoulder in the, preliminaries, only gar- injury in April while Jun Hoong nered 252.45 points .. aggravated her old back problem Australia's Maddison Keeney recently. won gold in the non-Olympic Both divers were given a less event in 314.95 points as China hectic training schedule in the surprisingly ended up. without a build-up to the world meet as na- medal after Chen Yiwen took tional coach Yang Zhuliang did fourth on 294.70. not want them to suffer serious RESULTS (Finals): Men's 3m injuries. springboard synchro: 1 Evgenll Pandelela-Juri Hoong, the sil- Kuznetsov-Ilia Zakharov (Rus) ver medallists at 'last year's Rio 45Q.30,2 Cao Yuan-Xie Siyi (Chn) Olympics, qualified for the final 443.40, 3 Oleg Ko lod iy-Ilya with 309.66 points. Kvasha (Ukr) 429.99 ...10 Ooi Tze , World Series champions Ren Liang-Chew Yiwei (Mas) 370.77. Qian-Si Yajie topped the stand- Women's 1m springboard in- ings with a 334.32 total, followed dividual: 1 Maddison Keeney .by North Korea's Kim Mi Rae- (Aus) 314.95, 2 Nadezhda Bazhi- Kim Kuk Hyang (325.62) and Aus- na (Rus) 304.70, 3 Elena Bertoc- tralia's. Taneka Koychenko- chi (Ita) 296.40 ....12 Cheong Jun Melissa Wu (311.16) Hoong (Mas) 252.45., The final, comprising 12 pairs, Mixed's 10'm platform syn- was held late yesterday. chro: 1 Ren Qia.n-Lian Junjie "Pandelela and Jun Hoong per- (Chn) 352.98, 2 Lois Toulson- formed well today despite still Matthew Lee (Bri) 323.28, 3 Kim carrying injuries. I hope today's Mi-rae-Hyon I1-Myong (Prk) ,'" performance will give them mo- 318.12. Ajitpal Singh +.