PANDELELA Rinong produced a shallow performance in the women's 10-metre platform individual at the World Cup in London on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old, a platform gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, was eliminated in the semi-finals, after posting a 288.55 total to finish 16th, two rungs above compatriot Traisy Vivien Tukiet (280.55) but the results meant little as both divers have already qualified for the London Olympics.
Pandelela earned a quota spot in the platform at last year's Women's World Championships while Traisy achieved it by reaching the semi-finals in the World Cup.
Pandelela was under no pressure and used the opportunity to test new routines.
Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (ASUM) secretary Edwin Chong said Pandelela is only focused on the platform and springboard synchro disciplines.
"Pandelela did not push herself as she needs to save her energy for the synchro events. We are not too concerned over her performance today (Tuesday)," said Edwin when contacted in London.
"She is determined to earn Olympic qualification in both synchro events. Coach Yang (Zhuliang) is confident she can do it."
China's world and Olympic champion Chen Roulin won the title on 405.25 ahead of compatriot Hu Yadan (397.10) and Russia's Yulia Koltunova (350.25).
Pandelela and Leong Mun Yee were due to compete in the women's platform synchro preliminaries late yesterday.
The pair, who were bronze medallists at the 2009 World Championships in Rome, need to finish among the top 12 to make the final where they will then fight for one of the four quota Olympic spots.
Pandelela will pair up with Sea Games gold medallist Cheong Jun Hoong in Saturday's 3m springboard synchro.
In Tuesday's men's 3m springboard individual, Yeoh Ken Nee failed to make the semi-finals after posting an average 401.45 to finish 25th in the preliminary round.
However, it did not matter as he has already qualified for the Olympics
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