Malaysian Diver Pandelela Rinong Wins Olympic Bronze Medal in Olympic 2012 Diving - Women 10m Platform

Malaysian Diver Pandelela Rinong Wins Olympic Bronze Medal in Olympic 2012 Diving - Women 10m Platform

Our national diver, Pandelela Rinong helped Malaysia got its 2nd 2012 Olympic medal today! The 19 year old Sarawakian lass put up a calm and excellent dive in the last round (Round 5) to ensure a medal spot after beating other contestants in this tightly-compete event.

Pandelela Rinong was at the 7th spot after Round 4 with 282.40 points in this tough competition. In Round 5 (final round), she managed to pull off a climax with a score of 76.80 to finish at 359.20, leading the competition right after her jump before being overtaken by the silver medalist, Australian Brittany Broben which scored an overall total of 366.50 points.

The champion of Diving - Women 10m event was none other than the 2008 Olympic gold medalist Chen Ruolin from China, who managed to retain her title as world champion with a magnificent 422.30 points, which is 55.80 points ahead of her closest contender.

WELL DONE Pandelela Rinong! You have made us proud!

About Pandelela Rinong

Pandelela Rinong anak Pamg (born March 2, 1993) is a Malaysian diver. She became the first Malaysian female athlete to win an Olympics medal, and also the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympics medal in a sport besides badminton by winning a bronze medal in Women's 10 m platform in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Read more