Pandelela is hugged by a believer after winning a bronze award during a women's 10m height last at a London 2012 Olympic Games August 9, 2012. Reuters pic
Sarawak-born Pandelela took a bronze with a score of 359.2 points, usually 7.3 points at a back of china medallist Brittany Broben from Australia. China's Chen Roulin won a eventuality with a overwhelming 422.3 points. Chen was in a league of her own from a beginning, leaving her nearest aspirant by over 40 points mid through.
While never melancholy Chen's lead, a other scuba divers were neck-and-neck with a nail-biting last round tally last a silver-and-bronze. Pandela's award chances seemed dim after mistakes in her initial as well as third dives, but she done up for them with unchanging scores in her other attempts.
Nineteen-year-old Pandelela assimilated a inhabitant diving group at 14, starting on to shelve up impressive achievements together with apropos a initial Malaysian to win a gold in diving at a Commonwealth Games in New Delhi (10m platform).
She previously has won silvers (3-metre springboard as well as 10-metre springboard events) in a 2010 Youth Olympics hold in Singapore. She is also this year's National Sportswoman of a Year as well as a Malaysia's initial lady flagbearer at a Olympics this year! .
Pandelela's bronze has brought a last Malaysian award tally for a 2012 to two, adding to a sole china from Datuk Lee Chong Wei in a men's badminton singles.
This year, Malaysia fielded 30 athletes in 9 sports: archery, athletics, badminton, cycling, diving, fencing, sailing, shooting as well as swimming.
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