Pandelela-Mun Yee secure best World Championship outing, claiming silver and qualifying for Tokyo Olympics


  • Diving
  • Sunday, 14 Jul 2019

(L-R) Silver medallists Malaysia's Pandelela Pamg and Malaysia's Leong Mun Yee celebrate during the medals ceremony of the women's synchronised 10m platform diving event during the 2019 World Championships at Nambu International Aquatics Centre in Gwangju on July 14, 2019. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

PETALING JAYA: Pandelela Rinong-Leong Mun Yee secured their best ever outing at the World Championships, claiming silver in the women's 10m platform synchro to qualify them for the Tokyo Olympics next year.

Pandelela-Mun Yee showed they have not lost any touches despite teaming up for the first time in three years when they amassed 312.72 points in five attempts to come in second at the Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center in Gwangju, South Korea, Sunday (July 14).

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