Pandelela Rinong Pamg Pandelela Rinong Pamg Is Congratulates by Najib ( Click HERE to Read More )
// // // ]]> KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak congratulated national diver, Pandelela Rinong, for winning the bronze medal in the Women’s 10m Platform event final of the 2012 London Olympics, hence being the country’s first female Olympian to ever win an Olympic medal. “This morning, I received a good news from the Olympic Games. Our national sportswoman, Pandelela Rinong anak Pamg, has won the bronze medal in the Women’s 10m Platform event. “Well done Pandelela!” Najib said in his latest status update on Facebook today, which had garnered over 18,000 likes as at 2pm. Najib also said that he believed after winning the medal at such a young age, Pandelela would continue to shine in many more years to come. Najib also congratulated the 19-year-old diver via Twitter. “Great performance by Pandelela. First Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal. Well done and congratulation!” he tweeted. Pandelela collected 359.20 points to settle at third place behind defending champion Chen Ruolin from China (422.30 points) and silver medallist Brittany Broben from Australia (366.50 points). This is the second medal for Malaysia from the London edition of the Olympics after the national badminton ace Datuk Lee Chong Wei won the silver medal in the men singles’ final last Sunday. With Pandelela’s success, Malaysia had also repeated its performance at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta in the United States, by bagging one silver and one bronze medal. Pandelela’s excellent performance also broke badminton domination in medal contribution, which numbered two silver and two bronze medals so far, since Malaysia’s first participation in the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956.
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At the Seoul Olympics in 1988, national female taekwondo athlete, M. Vasugi, also received a bronze medal, but taekwondo was just a demonstration sport then, and the medal was not counted in the official Olympic medal tally.
Heroic Pandelela Rinong Pamg Get Bronze It was a magnificent medal to win, considering the pressure the 19-year-old was under after a poor first dive left her in 10th place in the 12-diver field.
Pandelela, however, heeded coach Yang Zhuliang’s advise for her to remain calm and focus on her remaining dives and the Sarawakian slowly but surely pulled herself back into contention as her main challengers wilted.
In fact, had it not been for the first dive – which gave her only 58.50 points, Pandelela could have well won the silver as her final total of 359.20 points was not too far off silver medallist Brittany Broben of Australia’s total of 366.50. China’s Chen Ruolin was a runaway winner with 422.30.
Pandelela, however, was too excited to think about missing out on silver.
“This is a massive achievement for Malaysian diving and I am so proud of becoming the first Malaysian from outside badminton to win a medal at the Olympics for Malaysia. I can’t believe it,” said Pandelela.
After her first dive, Pandelela found the consistency she required as she scored 78.30, 64.00, 81.60 and 76.80. It was the fourth dive which pulled her back into reckoning and the fifth sealed her third place after Australia’s Melissa Wu failed to achieve the score needed to overcome Pandelela.
“My coach told me to forget about the first dive, stay calm and focus on the remaining dives,” said Pandelela, whose first thought was to call her family after fulfilling her media obligations.
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“My mother, who was here, had returned home but I will call her once I find my phone.”
The bronze means Pandelela has won a medal at every level, including a silver in the 10m platform at the 2010 Junior Olympics at Sydney.
It also means she will receive RM150,000 from the National Sports Council and a lifetime pension of RM2,000 monthly.
“I hope this inspires more Malaysians to take up the sport as diving can bring honour to Malaysia.”
The nation certainly agrees, thanks to Pandelela.
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Chen Gets Gold
China’s Chen Roulin successfully defended her Olympic women’s 10-metre platform at the Aquatics Centre while Pandelela Rinong Pamg took bronze for Malaysia.
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Chen had been untouchable in the opening two qualification rounds and so it proved again, immediately stamping her authority with an opening 10, en route to 422.30. Sixteen-year-old Australian Brittany Broben was Chen’s closest challenger but even then she was still a massive 55.80 points in her wake in silver. Malaysia’s Pandelela took bronze as she edged out a tight pack behind her with a score of 359.20. Victory for Chen was her fourth Olympic gold medal, and second of these Games after she teamed with Wang Hao to win the platform synchro last week.
Source
1) http://www.nst.com.my/latest/bronze-for-heroic-pandelela-1.123353# 2) http://www.espnstar.com/olympics/diving/news/detail/item836634/Gold-for-Chen/
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