PETALING JAYA: National divers Leong Mun Yee-Wendy Ng Yan Yee finished fifth in the women’s 3m springboard synchro final at the World University Games (Universiade) but there was still joy for Malaysia as a third medal was pocketed in Shenzhen.
Mun Yee-Wendy’s fifth place finish was enough for Malaysia to secure the bronze in the women’s team event.
The podium positions for the women’s team were based on the points earned from the performances of the divers in the three individual and two synchro disciplines.
Good enough: Leong Mun Yee (left) and Wendy Ng Yan Yee finished fifth in the 3m springboard synchro. Only the scores during the preliminary rounds counted towards determining the placings and Malaysia garnered third placing with 2336.23 points behind United States, who amassed 2373.03 points.
China won the gold comfortably with a total of 2674.18 points.
Mun Yee-Wendy needed to overtake the American pair of Bianca Alvarez-Carrie Dragland by 17 points or more to snatch the silver medal for the team. However, the Malaysian pair could only manage a total of 272.40 points in the end as the Americans took the bronze instead with 292.50 points.
Ukraine’s Olena Federova-Anna Pysmenka had the silver with 301.50 points while China’s He Zi-Wang Han romped to the gold with 334.20 points.
It was the third medal for Malaysian contingent at the Universiade with the Games coming to a close today.
Pandelela Rinong won the first medal when she finished with silver in the women’s 10m platform individual last Thursday and she went on to partner Mun Yee for the bronze in the 10m platform synchro the following day.
All the medals came from diving and head coach Yang Zhuliang was satisfied with the overall performance of the women divers.
“This is the first participation of the diving team at the Universiade and we are happy to contribute three medals.
“We missed out on the gold as Pandelela was just three points behind the Mexican diver (Paola) Espinosa at the end of the 10m platform individual competition.
“But I’m still happy as she has proved to be consistent now after finishing fifth in the World Championships in Shanghai last month,” he said.
Malaysia finished sixth in the men’s team event with 2533.38 points.
The one silver and two bronze medals have assured the Malaysian contingent their best ever result in their participation at the Universiade.
Previously, the best achievement was in the 2007 edition in Bangkok when Che Chew Chan won a silver in women’s taekwondo.
National shooter Nur Ayuni Farhana finished out of the podium in the women’s 50m rifle three-position final and thus the shooting team will return home without achieving their target of contributing a medal.
Chen Hon Kit will be the final Malaysian in action today when he competes in the men’s below 63kg taekwondo event. He will find it tough to reach the medal rounds as South Korean favourite Jang Min-ho in the same half of the draw.
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Mun Yee-Wendy’s fifth place finish was enough for Malaysia to secure the bronze in the women’s team event.
The podium positions for the women’s team were based on the points earned from the performances of the divers in the three individual and two synchro disciplines.
Good enough: Leong Mun Yee (left) and Wendy Ng Yan Yee finished fifth in the 3m springboard synchro.China won the gold comfortably with a total of 2674.18 points.
Mun Yee-Wendy needed to overtake the American pair of Bianca Alvarez-Carrie Dragland by 17 points or more to snatch the silver medal for the team. However, the Malaysian pair could only manage a total of 272.40 points in the end as the Americans took the bronze instead with 292.50 points.
Ukraine’s Olena Federova-Anna Pysmenka had the silver with 301.50 points while China’s He Zi-Wang Han romped to the gold with 334.20 points.
It was the third medal for Malaysian contingent at the Universiade with the Games coming to a close today.
Pandelela Rinong won the first medal when she finished with silver in the women’s 10m platform individual last Thursday and she went on to partner Mun Yee for the bronze in the 10m platform synchro the following day.
All the medals came from diving and head coach Yang Zhuliang was satisfied with the overall performance of the women divers.
“This is the first participation of the diving team at the Universiade and we are happy to contribute three medals.
“We missed out on the gold as Pandelela was just three points behind the Mexican diver (Paola) Espinosa at the end of the 10m platform individual competition.
“But I’m still happy as she has proved to be consistent now after finishing fifth in the World Championships in Shanghai last month,” he said.
Malaysia finished sixth in the men’s team event with 2533.38 points.
The one silver and two bronze medals have assured the Malaysian contingent their best ever result in their participation at the Universiade.
Previously, the best achievement was in the 2007 edition in Bangkok when Che Chew Chan won a silver in women’s taekwondo.
National shooter Nur Ayuni Farhana finished out of the podium in the women’s 50m rifle three-position final and thus the shooting team will return home without achieving their target of contributing a medal.
Chen Hon Kit will be the final Malaysian in action today when he competes in the men’s below 63kg taekwondo event. He will find it tough to reach the medal rounds as South Korean favourite Jang Min-ho in the same half of the draw.
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