It’s okay, there’s always next time
BY AISYAH AZZAHRA SUHIRI, PETRONELLA LANGITA FELIX, & RACHEL MINA KUCHING: Words of encouragement and applause have poured in for Malaysian diving queen, Pandelela Rinong Pamg, despite finishing 12th in the women’s 10-metre platform final in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, today. Pandelela secured the last place amongst the 12 finalists at the Tokyo Aquatics […]
Pandelela finishes at 12th place in the women’s 10-metre (m) platform final
TOKYO: A poorly executed first dive proved costly for national diving ace Pandelela Rinong as her quest for a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ended with her finishing 12th in the women’s 10-metre (m) platform final here today. The 28-year-old, who is competing in her fourth consecutive Olympics since making her debut in the 2008 Beijing […]
Naming scholarship after Pandelela
KUCHING: Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has welcomed a proposal to name a scholarship after Sarawakian national diving queen Pandelela Rinong. The Youth and Sports Minister was responding to a suggestion by Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing. “I see it as a good initiative. We will look into this,” […]
National diving queen supports beleaguered student
KUCHING: National diving queen Pandelela Rinong has come out in support of Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam, a student who is behind the #MakeSchoolASaferPlace movement. In a post on her Twitter account, Pandelela said she herself was called a diva when she tried to make sports environment safer for athletes. “Just like when I tried to […]
I was misunderstood, says Karim
SIBU: Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said his statement on rewarding National Diving Queen Pandelela Rinong was misunderstood by netizens to the extent that he received a threat of wanting to burn down his house. “However, I do not want to lodge any police report on it because my statement is […]
Pandelela’s gold arouses nation’s pride
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today congratulated national diving queen Pandelela Rinong for winning the gold medal in the women’s individual 10 meter (m) platform event at the 2021 Fina World Cup diving tournament in Japan, on Wednesday. In his speech, which was uploaded on his official Facebook page, Muhyiddin said Pandelela’s […]
