SINGAPORE, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Diver Pandelela Rinong's two silver medals provided the only sparks for the Malaysian contingent at the Youth Olympic Games that ended here Thursday.
Pandelela, 17, a Bidayuh from Sarawak, captured silver medals from the women's 3m Springboard and 10m platform, an unprecedented by Malaysians in the past.
Malaysia sent a 13-member contingent to compete in swimming, diving, badminton, athletics, gymnastics, sailing and weightlifting.
The only other athlete who came close to a medal was gymnast Lee Wan Nin, 15, who finished fourth but earned the consolation of being the only Asian gymnast to make the final.
Badminton fielded two players, Loh Wei Sheng, 18, in the boys event and Sonia Cheah Su Ya, 17, in the girls but both failed to make the finals although Wei Sheng reached the semifinals.
Pandelela's team-mate Ooi Tze Ling, 17, finished seventh in the 3m Springboard and 10m platform while weightlifter Fatin Atikah Osman, 17, could not make the grade in the women's 58kg category.
In sailing, Khairuneeta Mohd Affendy, 15, and Muhammad Amirul Shafiq Md Jais, 16, could only manage 10th and 18th places respectively while swimmers Kevin Lim Kar Meng, 18, and Lai Wei Li, 17, failed to make a splashing impact in the pool.
In athletics, high jumper Navin Raj Subramanian, 17, Muhd Ajmal Aiman Mat Hassan, 17 (110m hurdles) and Mohd Fahme Zam Zam Mehamad, 17 (pole vault), also failed in their bid to win medals.
-- BERNAMA
Pandelela, 17, a Bidayuh from Sarawak, captured silver medals from the women's 3m Springboard and 10m platform, an unprecedented by Malaysians in the past.
Malaysia sent a 13-member contingent to compete in swimming, diving, badminton, athletics, gymnastics, sailing and weightlifting.
The only other athlete who came close to a medal was gymnast Lee Wan Nin, 15, who finished fourth but earned the consolation of being the only Asian gymnast to make the final.
Badminton fielded two players, Loh Wei Sheng, 18, in the boys event and Sonia Cheah Su Ya, 17, in the girls but both failed to make the finals although Wei Sheng reached the semifinals.
Pandelela's team-mate Ooi Tze Ling, 17, finished seventh in the 3m Springboard and 10m platform while weightlifter Fatin Atikah Osman, 17, could not make the grade in the women's 58kg category.
In sailing, Khairuneeta Mohd Affendy, 15, and Muhammad Amirul Shafiq Md Jais, 16, could only manage 10th and 18th places respectively while swimmers Kevin Lim Kar Meng, 18, and Lai Wei Li, 17, failed to make a splashing impact in the pool.
In athletics, high jumper Navin Raj Subramanian, 17, Muhd Ajmal Aiman Mat Hassan, 17 (110m hurdles) and Mohd Fahme Zam Zam Mehamad, 17 (pole vault), also failed in their bid to win medals.
-- BERNAMA
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