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TOKYO, July 27 (NNN-Bernama) — The focus of all Malaysian sports fans will surely be on the combination of Pandelela Rinong-Leong Mun Yee to deliver the country\u2019s first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games when they compete in the diving event Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After bagging a silver in the women\u2019s 10-metre (m) platform synchronised event with Cheong Jun Hoong at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Pandelela will kick off her Tokyo campaign in the same event with Mun Yee and hopes are high that they will be able to end Malaysia\u2019s wait for a podium finish here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both divers are set to be in action in the event at 3 pm local time (2 pm Malaysian time) at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commenting on their participation Tuesday, Youth and Sports Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican believes that being experienced divers, Pandelela and Mun Yee are capable of producing something spectacular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Tokyo Games will be Pandelela\u2019s fourth straight Olympic outing since the 2008 Beijing edition. As for Mun Yee, this will be her fifth outing after her earlier participation in the 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, he said Pandelela-Mun Yee\u2019s achievement in qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics by winning a silver in the event by scoring 312.72 points at the 18th FINA Diving World Championships in South Korea in July 2019 puts them in a great position to bag a medal in Tokyo this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlthough they will face a stiff challenge from divers from Canada, Great Britain and, of course, China, I believe that it is not impossible for us to get good news from the diving event,\u201d he said when met at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, archer Syaqiera Mashayikh will also be in action Tuesday as she\u2019s scheduled to meet Russia\u2019s Elena Osipova in the first round of the women\u2019s individual recurve event at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Friday (July 23), the archer, who hails from Segamat, Johor, got the first day of the archery event off in style when she improved on her personal best in the ranking round of the women\u2019s individual recurve event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Syaqiera, 20, ended the competition in 43rd spot out of 64 archers with 630 points to improve on her previous record of 619 points which she achieved at the final Olympic qualifier in Paris last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, an uphill task awaits national men\u2019s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik as they seek overcome Canadian pair Jason Ho-Shue-Nyl Yakura in the final group match tomorrow and qualify for the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Malaysians face a must-win situation following their 16-21, 19-21 loss to Indonesians Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan in their second Group D match today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fourth day of the Tokyo Olympics also proved to be a disappointment for mixed doubles shuttlers Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying, who ended their Olympic challenge with a whimper after losing their third straight group match 13-21, 19-21 to China\u2019s world number three pair of Wang Yilyu-Huang Dong Ping Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the fifth day of the Games tomorrow, women\u2019s singles ace Soniia Cheah will begin her campaign against Hungarian Laura Sarosi in Group N while women\u2019s doubles pair Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean, who have lost their opening two games, will wrap up the Group A fixtures against Great Britain\u2019s Chloe Birch-Lauren Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In sailing, Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy will continue with Race 4 and Race 5 in the men\u2019s Laser Standard event while Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif will compete in Race 5 and Race 6 of the women\u2019s Laser Radial event at the Enoshima Yacht Harbour tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfavourable wind conditions proved to be the bane of Khairulnizam and Nur Shazrin as they struggled to get going in their respective sailing events Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khairulnizam is in 27th place out of 35 competitors with 40 points after three races while Nur Shazrin 17th out of 44 participants with 42 points after four races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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