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Thursday, July 21, 2011

CONGRATULATION TO BRYAN NICKSON LOMAS


SHANGHAI: A Malaysian made the breakthrough to qualify for the men’s 3m springboard individual final at the World Championships in Shanghai at the Oriental Sports Centre yesterday and in the process earned an early ticket for the London Olympics next year.
However, it was not seasoned diver Yeoh Ken Nee but Bryan Nickson Lomas who achieved the feat of being the first Malaysian springboard diver to claim a place in a World Championships final.
The 21-year-old from Sarawak was even bleeding from his nose half-way through the preliminaries of the men’s 3m springboard in the morning but that did not stop him.
A quick treatment and he was back in action as he slogged his way through to amass 426.75 points to enter the semi-finals as the 11th best qualifier.
The top-18 divers from the preliminaries advanced to the semi-finals where six are eliminated for the final.
The 12 divers in the final will all automatically qualify for the London Olympics.
Ken Nee did not do well in the preliminaries and eventually fizzled out at 25th spot with 385.89 points.
And in the semi-finals, Bryan delivered a more composed performance throughout the six-dive routine to finish 10th with 442.70 points.
Bryan can certainly hold his head high with his efforts as he joined reigning Olympic champion He Chong and Qin Kai as the Asian representatives in the men’s 3m springboard individual final today.
Qin Kai pipped his Chinese team-mate He Chong as the top qualifier for the final yesterday, chalking 523.50 against He Chong’s total of 523.25.
Bryan surprised even himself by qualifying for the men’s springboard final by not focusing on the discipline.
“As everyone know, I am concentrating on the 10m platform individual. I’m pleased with my performance in the springboard as I remained consistent despite having a nosebleed. I had this problem sometimes if my body is a bit heaty.
“But it stopped after that. I never expected to win a place in the Olympics through the world championships today.
“Even the two good Japanese divers (Sho Sasaki and Ken Terauchi) were doing well in the preliminaries but they did not execute their last dives well and missed out.
“I’m pleased with how things turned out and moreover, this is my first participation in springboard events at a world championships.
“My coach has told me to forget about the pressure and just go out and complete the final tomorrow,” said Bryan, who also made the final at the last world meet in Rome two years ago but in his pet platform event.

Souece : Thestar

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

CONGRATULATION TO PANDELELA RINONG

Pandelela qualifies for 10m platform final and books ticket to the Olympics




SHANGHAI: The big grin on her face said it all as Pandelela Rinong climbed out of the pool after her fifth and final dive at the World Championships here yesterday.
The diminutive lass finished fourth in the 10m platform semi-finals to claim a ticket to next year’s London Olympics. Pandelela also earned a placed in today’s final at the Oriental Sports Centre.
The top 12 divers from the semi-finals all qualified for the Olympics and Pandelela made a splash by registering 348.70 points to become the first Malaysian diver to qualify straight from the worlds.
Chinese diver Hu Yadan put up a stunning performance in the last three dives to qualify for the final on top of the heap with 403.65 points. Olympic champion Chen Ruolin, also of China, was second with a 385.95 total while defending world champion Paola Espinosa of Mexico finished third on 366.65.
Earlier in the preliminaries, Pandelela had qualified for the top 18 semi-finals in fifth spot with a 330.70 total ahead of Espinosa.
Trasie Vivien, the other Malaysian representative, also made it in 16th spot after accumulating 274.85 points. Trasie, however, failed to progress after she ended up in 14th spot with a 294.35 total.
Pandelela could have ended up higher in the semi-finals if not for an erratic performance in the third dive – a 2½ somersault with a half twist on a difficulty of 3.2. Her difficulty level matched the two Chinese divers and the Mexican but the problem was that the reigning Commonwealth Games champion did not execute her attempt cleanly.

Pandelela, who was lying in second spot going into the third dive, only scored 57.60 while the Mexican pulled off a clean dive to chalk up 82.50 points.
Pandelela disappointingly dropped to fifth. But to her credit, she hauled herself up into fourth spot immediately after that.
The 18-year-old was delighted to qualify on merit for the Olympics for the second time.
”It’s better this time as I qualified straight through the World Championships for the first time. I was not nervous as I was optimistic I can make it,” said Pandelela.
With the Olympic berth in the bag, Pandelela’s goal now is win a historic medal for Malaysia.
“I have yet to complete my mission. I will try to win a medal tomorrow,” said Pandelela.
“The third dive is still my weakest routine as I only learned it while training in Dali before coming here.
“Mentally, I have to be strong. I believe I can do it,” added Pandelela.


source : Thestar

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