Pandelela, Mun Yee Clinch Silver Medal In Edinburgh

Pandelela Rinong (left) and Leong Mun Yee on the podium with the other medal winners.

KUALA LUMPUR: Newly-crowned National Sportswoman of the Year Pandelela Rinong and her diving partner Leong Mun Yee clinched a silver medal in the women's 10m platform synchro final at the FINA Diving World Series in Edinburgh Friday night.

The duo chalked 322.20 points to finish behind China's Li Huixia-Si Yajie, who amassed 338.64 points. Russia’s Yulia Koltunova-Natalia Goncharova took the bronze with 308.22 points.

It was the first medal for the duo in 12 months.

Pandelela, who picked up a second straight National Sportswoman of the Year award on Tuesday before flying out to Edinburgh, last stood on the podium with Mun Yee in Moscow in April last year.

They took the bronze medal for the synchro discipline.