OLYMPIC-bound diver Pandelela Rinong lived up to expectations when she clinched the gold medal in the women's 10m platform individual final at the Montreal leg of the FINA Grand Prix on Sunday.
The 19-year-old, who was widely expected to challenge for honours in the absence of China's elite divers, was consistent throughout the final, recording scores of 72.00, 72.50 and 64.00 in her first three attempts and rounded off her performance with two excellent dives of 86.40 and 84.80 to score a 379.70 total.
In second place was home favourite Roseline Fillon of Canada who scored 363.85 while Australia's Melissa Wu took the bronze with 360.25.
Pandelela, together with partner Leong Mun Yee, had on Saturday finished a disappointing fifth in the 10m platform synchronised event final.
Meanwhile, the men's 3m springboard individual final saw Huang Qiang finish a commendable fourth in the event.
The China-born diver, competing in only his second tournament as a Malaysian athlete, registered scores of 77.50, 75.00, 82.25 in his first three attempts but was hampered by a poor fourth dive of 56.10.
He, however, recovered in his last two dives which were awarded 86.70 and 85.00 for a 462.55 total.
Australia's Ethan Warren won the gold medal with a total score of 511.75 while Canada's Alexandre Despatie took the silver with 497.20. Spain's Javier Illana finished third with 482.60.
The result bodes well for Huang, who has been earmarked by national diving coach Yang Zhuliang to take the quota spot in the event, won by Bryan Nickson Lomas, at the London Olympics.
Huang, together with Bryan, had on Saturday won the gold medal in the 3m springboard synchronised final.
The Malaysian divers will now head to the United States for the Fort Lauderdale leg of the FINA Grand Prix which starts on Thursday.
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