Pandelela-Jun Hoong nail historic Silver
Malaysia’s very first medal in the 2016 Olympic Games is won by our girls. Diving duo Pandelela and Jun Hoong took Silver in Synchronized 10m Platform just five days since the games started.
Luck hasn’t been great on Jun Hoong’s side as she crashed on her individual 3m dive; whereas Pandelela Rinong is now looking forward to the Individual category tomorrow and she will not disappoint!
Long Distance Swimmer Heidi Gan gets Yellow Card and a Black eye
The first Malaysian to represent the country in Long Distance Swimming at the Olympic Games, Heidi Gan did us proud and finished at 21st place just yesterday.
She completed 10km swim under two hours, just four minutes later than Sharon Van Rouwendaal (Netherlands) who clocked in at 1:56:32.1. The seas were turbulent, the swim was brutal, and she was a true #toughcookie.
The 27-year-old open water swimmer crossed the finishing line at Fort Copacaba in 1’59:07.9s to be the second best-placed Asian after 19-year-old Xin Xin from China in creditable fourth position with a time of 1’57:14.4s.
Badminton duo Vivian & Khe Wei
Shuttlers Vivian Hoo Kah Mun-Woon Khe Wei tried their best but had to eventually concede to the superiority of Japan’s Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi in their Rio Olympics women’s doubles quarter-final on Monday. The duo won a Badminton match against top ranked Japanese pair and forced them into three sets before conceding.
It was an achievement in itself and made Malaysian women badminton players proud to be represented on the world stage.
“We lost a little focus at the start of the third game and this allowed the Japanese to build a healthy lead. “We were also a little tired after giving it our all in the first two games and found it hard to narrow the gap in the third,” said Vivian.
“This has been our problem against the Japanese pair. They were more consistent than us and our errors in the third game made it a little easier for them. “However, we are quite happy with our performance as this is the first time we have taken a game off them,” said Khe Wei.
