KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Diving queen Pandelela Rinong failed to add to her second medal in the 2016 Fina Diving World Series after she finished fourth in the second leg held at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, today.
The 23-year-old Sarawakian, who splashed her way to a bronze medal with Leong Mun Yee in the 10m women’s synchronised platform in the opening leg in Beijing last week only managed to accumulate 364.85 points in the individual event, according to the Fina website.www.fina.org
China’s Liu Huixia, who claimed gold in the synchronised event with Si Yajie yesterday, emerged tops after collecting 397.30 points after five rounds of dives.
Yajie, who took gold in the opening leg, won the silver (395.15 points) while Australian Melissa Wu won bronze on 382.60 points.
Another Malaysian diver, Wendy Ng Yan Yee, will compete in the 3m women’s individual springboard event on the final day of the meet tomorrow.
The remaining legs are in Windsor, Canada, from April 15-17 before concluding in Kazan, Russia, slated from April 22-24. — Bernama
