GOLDEN GIRL MUN YEE
Four-time Olympian strikes again in 10m synchro with Pandelela
LEONG Mun Yee is waiting to discover what plans national coach Yang Zhuliang has for her next year ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
The four-time Olympian, one of the most experienced divers in the national squad at the age of 32, proved she can still mix it with the best after partnering Pandelela Rinong to win the women’s 10m platform synchro gold at the Kuala Lumpur Diving Grand Prix yesterday.
Mun Yee hopes to get the opportunity to add to her sole Commonwealth Games medal — a silver in the platform synchro in New Delhi in 2010 — at next April’s edition in Australia.
Mun Yee effortlessly resumed her partnership with Pandelela after the pair won two bronze medals at 2009 and 2013 World Championships as they scored 311.28 points to finish ahead of Australians Emily Boyd and Nikita Hains (280.68) for Malaysia’s second gold of the three-day meet.
Earlier, Gabriel Gilbert and Nur Dhabitah Sabri earned a silver medal in the mixed 3m springboard synchronised with 272.19 points as Japan’s Reo Nishida and Hazuki Miyamoto won gold on 275.34.
Malaysia ended the competition with two gold, four silver and one bronze to rank third overall.
South Korea topped the tally with three gold, three silver and three bronze while China were second on 3-2-1 after Tai Xiaohu claimed their third gold in the men’s 10m platform while Japan’s two gold medals came on the final day of action.