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Kuala Lumpur: Penerjun terbaik negara Pandelela Rinong melakar sejarah peribadi buat negara apabila bergandingan dengan Cheong Jun Hoong untuk menduduki tempat kelima acara akhir 3 meter papan anjal seirama pada Kejohanan Dunia di Barcelona, semalam.
Biarpun keputusan itu tidak menghadiahkan pingat, ia dianggap pencapaian terbaik apabila mencipta sejarah baru dalam acara itu.

Pandelela-Jun Heong mara ke akhir apabila menduduki tempat kelima pusingan kelayakan dan meraih 229.80 mata pada aksi akhir di belakang pasangan China, Itali, Kanada dan Mexico.
Bayangan pingat pada mulanya seakan memihak penerjun negara apabila memulakan terjunan menarik untuk berada di kedudukan ketiga selepas meraih 50.40 mata bagaimanapun aksi tidak konsisten menyaksikan mereka sekadar mengumpul 46.20 mata pada terjunan kedua dan bangkit mengumpul 65.70 pada terjunan seterusnya dan 67.50 serta 59.40 pada terjunan terakhir.

“Kami melakar sejarah buat Malaysia apabila berada di kelompok lima terbaik dunia. Saya dan Jun Hoong sudah mencuba yang terbaik. Terima kasih atas sokongan yang diberikan,” katanya.

Acara itu dikuasai penerjun China, Wu Minxia-Shi Tingmao yang memperoleh 338.40 mata manakala perak milik pasangan Itali, Tania Cagnotto-Francesca Dallape 307.80 mata dan gangsa penerjun Kanada, Pamela Ware-Jennifer Abel (292.08 mata).
Pemenang pingat gangsa pada temasya Sukan Olimpik London itu bagaimanapun berpeluang untuk meraih pingat apabila turun bergandingan dengan Leong Mun Yee, 10m platform seirama dan 10m platform.

Sementara itu dalam acara lelaki, penerjun negara Ahmad Amsyar Azman dan Chey Yi Wei yang turun dalam acara 1m papan anjal individu lelaki gagal menempatkan diri dalam kelompok 12 terbaik untuk layak ke pusingan akhir.
Amsyar sekadar menduduki tempat ke-24 selepas mengumpul 309.15 mata manakala Yi Wei di tempat ke-28 (297.00 mata).


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