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Penerjun raih gangsa ketiga

SATU lagi pingat dituai penerjun negara di Pusat Renang dan Terjun Shenzhen semalam, meskipun kem negara pulang dengan tangan kosong dalam acara terakhir 3m papan anjal terjun seirama wanita.

Pingat gangsa itu diperoleh menerusi gandingan Leong Mun Yee, Pandelela Rinong, Ng Yan Yee dan Cheong Jun Hoong selepas kiraan mata keseluruhan dalam lima acara yang menyaksikan Malaysia berada di tempat ketiga di belakang China dan Amerika Syarikat (AS).

Ukraine yang beraksi cemerlang dalam acara terakhir itu gagal memintas pasukan wanita negara selepas ketinggalan 4.42 mata untuk berada di kedudukan keempat.

Kecemerlangan penerjun wanita negara yang mengumpul 2,336.23 mata itu menyaksikan mereka hanya ketinggalan 36.8 mata di belakang AS yang meraih perak. China pula menang emas dengan 2,674.18 mata.

“Saya gembira kerana penerjun kita berjaya mengekalkan kedudukan ketiga bagi membolehkan kita meraih satu lagi gangsa menerusi acara berpasukan,” kata pengurus terjun, Mohamad Mohd Anif.

“Penerjun kita berpeluang meraih kedudukan lebih baik dan memungut lebih banyak pingat andai cukup masa melakukan persiapan. Jadi selepas ini saya akan cadangkan kepada persatuan untuk memberi perhatian serius kepada temasya Sukan Universiti Dunia ini kerana ia turut disertai penerjun ternama dunia yang boleh dijadikan pentas buat penerjun negara untuk menyerlah.” Sementara itu, Mun Yee dan Yan Yee yang turun dalam acara 3m papan anjal seirama menamatkan saingan di kedudukan kelima selepas mengumpul 272.40 mata, ketinggalan 12.30 mata kepada Paola Espinosa-Arantxa Elizabeth Chavez dari Mexico yang menduduki tempat keempat.


Acara itu dimenangi penerjun China, He Zi-Wang Han yang mengatasi penerjun Russia, Olena Fedorova-Anna Pysmenska (perak) dan Bianca Alvarez-Carrie Dragland (gangsa).

Hingga hari terakhir acara terjun dipertandingkan, skuad negara memungut satu perak dan dua gangsa.



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