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Feature: Chinese diving coach rooted in Malaysia for over two decades-

PETALING JAYA: Diving has been her life for the last 22 years but Cheong Jun Hoong is likely to detach herself from the sport completely.

PETALING JAYA: “Twenty two years in diving and I think it’s time for me to enter a new chapter,” that’s the parting words of Malaysia’s only world diving champion Cheong Jun Hoong.

Cheong bagged Malaysia’s first Olympic silver diving with Pandelela Rinong.

KUALA LUMPUR: National diver and former world champion Cheong Jun Hoong has ended more than two decades of involvement in the sport since 1999 when she officially announced her retirement on Tuesday (Jan 4).

Olympics, Tokyo 2020, Pandelela Rinong, Cheong Jun Hoong, Diving

TOKYO, Aug 5 ― Malaysian diving ace Pandelela Rinong kept her medal hopes alive in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after qualifying for the women’s 10-metre (m) platform individual event final here today. The 28-year-old accumulated 315.75 points from five dives to finish seventh in the...

Olympics, Tokyo 2020, Pandelela Rinong, Diving, China

Published on: Friday, July 23, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: The national athletes’ mission in Tokyo is clear – end the country’s long wait for a gold medal in the Olympics. TOKYO: With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics finally upon us after almost a year-long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the time has come for our 30 athletes to stand up and be counted. After more than four years of sweat, tears and sacrifices, the 30 of them will go up against arguably the world’s best in their respective e...

PETALING JAYA: In a surprise turn of events, diver Cheong Jun Hoong has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.