Story by Ng Enna/Red Sports. Photos by Tan Jon Han/Red Sports
Myra Lee in action in the 10 meters platform diving finals. The Singapore diver put up a consistent display despite nursing an injury to finish 12th. (Photo 1 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Toa Payoh Swimming Complex, Saturday, August 21, 2010 — Singaporean diver Myra Lee endured back injuries to compete in the Women’s 10-metre Platform final, and finished 12th with a combined score of 273.95 points.
The 16-year-old Singapore Chinese Girls’ School student was whisked off hastily after the afternoon’s preliminary rounds to seek medical attention for her back injury.
Despite the injury, Myra still showed up for the evening’s final, which comprised of four dive sets.
She attempted dives with Degree of Difficulty (DD) limits of 2.3 and above. Myra accumulated 147.10 points in the final and adding the 126.85 points carried forward from the preliminary round, Myra finished last with a total score of 273.95.
Myra is a former gymnast and only starting training for the YOG diving competition last May. She deserves to be applauded for her dedication to diving and never-say-die attitude as she braved her back injuries to take part in the final.
Asian countries dominated the top three positions. China’s Liu Jiao finished first with a total score of 479.60. Pandelela Pamg from Malaysia claimed the silver with 454.35, while Sin Ji Hyang of the People’s Republic of Korea took home the bronze medal with 430.20 points. Annika Lenz from United States of America missed out on a podium finish by just 0.7 points.
Diving continues tomorrow with the Men’s 3m Springboard preliminaries at 1.30pm. It will feature world champion Tom Daley and Singaporean Timothy Lee, among 13 others.
Myra tries to contain her amusement in the finalist presentation ceremony. The competitors were revealed behind a curtain and introduced with laser coordinated displays of the diver’s name and nationality projected on a falling stream of water from the 10 meters platform. (Photo 2 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
“I am awesome!” The heavily patched back becomes a source of inspiration for the Singapore diver. (Photo 3 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Myra executing her routine in her third dive of the finals. The teenage diver pulled off one of her best dives for the day but squandered any chances of catching up with Nicoli Cruz of Brazil, who was in 11th place, after missing out on her last dive. (Photo 4 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Peoples’ Republic of Korea diver Sin Ji Hyang dives under the scrutiny of the judges. The North Korean managed to fend off the challenge of Annika Lenz of the United States of America to finish in third place by 0.70 points. (Photo 5 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Pandelela Pamg executes a pike during her dive. The Malaysian youth olympian was the surprise of the day, finishing 25.25 points behind champion Jiao Liu of China. (Photo 6 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
China diver Jiao Liu gets into the pike position as she executes her dive in the finals. Continuing the trend of Chinese divers, Jiao Liu dominated the field from the start to finish, taking gold with a total score of 479.60. (Photo 7 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
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