HANOI: The national diving squad continued their winning ways at the 31st SEA Games clinching Malaysia’s third and fourth golds at the Games on Monday.
Ooi Tze Liang, who had won gold in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard with Chew Yi Wei on Sunday, grabbed his second personal gold of the Games and 12th in the biennial sports meet by topping the men’s 1 metre (m) springboard final at the My Dinh Aquatic Centre here, Monday.
Tze Liang put on a sterling display to collect 377.70 points overall and in the process beat six other divers.
The silver medal was won by Avvir Tham Pac Lun of Singapore who collected 286.40 points while rising national diver Betrand Rhodict Anak Lises won his maiden SEA Games medal when he secured the bronze after collecting 284.90 points.
Earlier, based on the unofficial results Betrand Rhodict had ranked fourth behind Thai diver Chawanwat Juntaphadawon.
Later on Monday, the national diving team continued their golden harvest when the combination of Ng Yan Yee-Ong Ker Ying produced outstanding performances to dominate the women’s synchronised 3m springboard event.
Yan Yee-Ker Ying, who are partnering for the first time on the international stage, were crowned winners when they collected an overall of 276.30 points in five dives.
Host pair, Mai Hong Hanh-Ngo Phuong Mai amassed 237.57 points for the silver while the bronze medal went to Singapore’s Ashlee Tan Yi Xuan-Fong Kay Yian with 229.41 points.
The diving squad will continue to hunt for gold today (Tuesday) when Yan Yee and Ker Ying take on the nation’s challenge in the women’s individual 3m springboard while Jellson Jabillin-Hanis Nazirul Jaya Surya would be competing in the men’s synchronised 10m platform.
Malaysia has bagged four diving golds so far and is targeting to make a clean sweep of the eight diving gold medals in competition in this edition of the SEA Games.
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