Pandelela-Mun Yee finished in second place, and securing a spot in the Tokyo Olympics next year, in the women’s 10m synchronised platform by accumulating 312.72 points after five rounds.
China maintained their supremacy in the event after their pair, Lu Wei-Zhang Jiaqi secured gold with 345.24 points, while the American duo, Samantha Bromberg-Katrina Young settled for bronze after amassing 304.86 points.
Yesterday’s results were a slight improvement for Pandelela and Mun Yee as the pair had won the bronze medal in the same event in two previous editions – 2009 in Rome and 2013 in Barcelona.
Previously, Pandelela had also clinched the bronze medal in the 10m individual platform in 2015 edition in Kazan, and also in the 10m synchronised platform with Cheong Jun Hoong in 2017 edition in Budapest.