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Dedicated to their sport: Yang Zhuliang (right) briefing Pandalela Rinong during a diving meet in 2012.

ON Saturday, Malaysian diver Cheong Jun Hoong was last among the 12 finalists in the women’s 1m springboard final at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

In April, she had suffered back muscle spasms during the Diving World Series campaign and was only cleared to compete in Budapest a few days before the start of the world meet.

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