Pandelela Rinong competes in the women’s 10m platform diving preliminary event in the 15th FINA World Championships at Piscina Municipal de Montjuic on July 24, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Barcelona)

Multiple exposures of Pandelela Rinong during the women’s 10m platform diving semifinal event in the 15th FINA World Championships at Piscina Municipal de Montjuic on July 24, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Barcelona)

Heartbreaking moment: Pandelela Rinong loses her balance in a handstand incurring points penalty as she competes in the women’s 10-metre platform diving final event in the 15th FINA World Championships at Piscina Municipal de Montjuic on July 25, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Barcelona)

Leong Mun Yee (left) and Pandelela Rinong competes in the women’s 10m platform synchronised diving preliminary on day three of the 15th FINA World Championships at Piscina Municipal de Montjuic on July 22, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Barcelona)

Cheong Jun Hoong compete in the women’s 1-metre springboard preliminary diving event in the FINA World Championships at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuic in Barcelona on July 21, 2013. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Barcelona)

A combination of pictures shows Cheong Jun Hoong and Pandelela Rinong competing in the women’s 3-metre synchro springboard preliminary diving event in the FINA World Championships at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuic in Barcelona on July 20, 2013. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Barcelona)

Pandelela Rinong (bottom) and Cheong Jun Hoong compete in the women’s 3-metre synchro springboard final diving event in the FINA World Championships at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuic in Barcelona on July 20, 2013. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Barcelona)

Pandelela Rinong practices during a training session ahead of the FINA World Championships on July 19, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Barcelona)