Pandelela-Jun Hoong face huge threat from North Koreans in final

XXXXX: FINA World Aquatics Championships – 10 m Platform Synchro Women preliminary – Budapest, Hungary – July 16, 2017 – Jun Hoong Cheong and Pandelela Pamg of Malaysia compete. REUTERS/David Balogh

PETALING JAYA: North Korea’s Kim Mi-rae-Kim Kuk-hyang pose a real threat to Malaysians Pandelela Rinong-Cheong Jun Hoong’s hopes of earning a medal at the World Aquatics Cham­pionships in Hungary.

Pandelela-Jun Hoong, the silver medallists at the Rio Olympics last August, qualified for the women’s 10m platform synchro final in fourth spot with 309.66 points in Budapest yesterday.