NEW DELHI Oct 13 — Pandelela Rinong who clinched a gold medal in the Delhi Commonwealth Games Women”s 10m Platform at the Dr S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Complex on Monday, pulled out from the 3m Springboard event today.
Press attache to the Malaysian contingent, Mohd Rizal Mohd Radzi said the decision to pull Pandelela out of the event was made following her coach”s advice.
"Her coach Yang Zhuliang made the decision firstly because there is no medal potential for her in the event and secondly because she was not even listed to participate in it in the first place,” he told Bernama.
Another reason given was that the 17-year-old girl from Sarawak, who won silver medals in the women”s 10m platform and 3m springboard at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics last month, has the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China next month to compete.
"So basically, he is saving her for the Asian Games and does not want her to suffer from any injury,” said Mohd Rizal.
Pandelela, sprained her neck a week before leaving for Singapore and competed though she was not completely fit.
Apart from the gold medal, Pandelela Rinong also won the silver along with her partner, Leong Mun Yee, in the Women”s 10m Synchro Platform.
Pandelela qualified for the final with 255.20 points before pulling out.
The task of getting a medal was then left to Ng Yan Yee to shoulder.
However, Yan Yee failed to match the Australian and Canadian divers who were supreme in the event.
She only managed to finish in eighth spot after accumulating 290.15 points.
Sharleen Stratton of Australia won the gold with 376.00 points, Jennifer Abel of Canada the silver (338.55 points) and another Aussie, Jaele Patrick the bronze (326.15 points). — BERNAMA
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