[updated] Pandelela-Jun Hoong nail historic silver medal for Malaysia in diving


RIO DE JANEIRO: After five days of agonising wait, Malaysia finally landed a medal – a silver – at the Rio Olympics.

Thanks to the superb effort by Pandelela Rinong and Cheong Jun Hoong, Malaysia finished second with 344.34 points. China’s Chen Ruolin-Liu Huixia took the gold on 354.00. Canada grabbed the bronze through Meaghan Benfeito-Roseline Filion after collecting 336.18 points.

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