National Divers Bag First 3 Medals At The SEA Games To Give Malaysia A Flying Start

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The official opening of the 31st SEA Games is slated for Thursday, 12 May.

At the women’s 1m springboard diving event at the My Dinh Aquatic Centre, Nur Dhabitah finished first, and she was joined by another national diver, Kimberly Bong, who finished second, reported New Straits Times.

The duo shared the podium on Sunday.

“I hope this good showing can be continued in the coming days so as to obtain good results,” Bernama quoted her as saying.

It is learnt that Nur Dhabitah had won four gold medals in her previous SEA Games outings.

Chew Yi Wei and Ooi Tze Liang brought home the gold medal after accumulating 395.79 points from six dives to beat Vietnam’s Nguyen Tung Duong and Phuong The Anh, who settled for silver with 305.64 points, reported Bernama.

The victory yesterday meant that Chew and Ooi managed to defend the gold they won at the 2019 Games in the Philippines.

Ooi is set to return to the stadium today, 9 May, for the men’s individual 1m springboard event.

He is optimistic that the national divers will be able to continue their excellent momentum in the remaining six events to achieve the target of making a clean sweep of all eight gold medals on offer at the biennial Games.

He hopes that the success of the national divers could galvanise the spirit of other national athletes in their respective events in Hanoi and exceed the 36-gold target set, reported Bernama.