Triple joy: Malaysia’s Pandelela Rinong (right) and Gabriel Gilbert Daim celebrate after winning the mixed team gold yesterday. Ooi Tze Liang in action en route to the men’s springboard individual title.
NATIONAL diving queen Pandelela Rinong and rookie Gabriel Gilbert Daim only had about a month to prepare for the mixed team event.
Even Pandelela admitted that she thought they had only a 50% chance of landing the gold “as I was paired off with a junior diver”.
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