KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak congratulated national diver, Pandelela Rinong, for winning the bronze medal in the Women's 10m Platform event final of the 2012 London Olympics, hence being the country's first female Olympian to ever win an Olympic medal.
“This morning, I received good news from the Olympic Games. Our national sportswoman, Pandelela Rinong anak Pamg has won the bronze medal in the Women's 10m Platform event.
“Well done Pandelela!” Najib said in his latest status update on Facebook Friday, which had garnered over 18,000 likes as at 2pm. Najib also said that he believed after winning the medal at such a young
age, Pandelela would continue to shine in many more in years to come.
Najib also congratulated the 19-year-old diver via Twitter.
“Great performance by Pandelela. First Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal. Well done and congratulation!” he tweeted.
Pandelela collected 359.20 points to settle at third place behind defending champion Chen Ruolin from China (422.30 points) and silver medallist Brittany Broben from Australia (366.50 points).
This is the second medal for Malaysia from the London edition of the Olympics after the national badminton ace Datuk Lee Chong Wei won the silver medal in the men singles' final last Sunday. - Bernama
