Jun Hoong and Pandelela compete during the women's Synchronized 10m Platform Final at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians woke up Wednesday morning in a celebratory mood after divers Pandelela Rinong and Cheong Jun Hoong bagged an Olympic silver medal in Brazil.
It was Malaysia’s first medal in the Rio Games.
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