Malaysia Continues to Out-Class The Diving Field

MALAYSIA UPDATED. With four diving gold medals from four events under their swimsuits already, Malaysia’s synchronized pairs arrived at Wunna Theikdi Swimming Pool yesterday clear favorites before any of them even launched from the 3m spring-board in the 27th SEA Games’ first synchronized events.

And when the final dives were complete, Malaysia had two more golds from two more events.

In the men’s 3m springboard synchronized, Ooi Tse Liang and Azman Ahmad Amsyar of Malaysia amassed 373.36 points for gold, out-scoring silver medalists Timothy Lee Han Kuan and Mark Lee Han Ming of Singapore by more than 36 points. Indonesia’s Jamjami Akhmad Sukran and Putra Adityo Restu close behind the Singapore pair on 334.62 points for the bronze.

On the women’s side of the 3m springboard synchronized event, Cheong Jun Hoong and Ng Yan Lee continued the Malaysian dominance, scoring 293.70 points for gold. Setyaningsih Dewi and Indah Eka Purnama of Indonesia won the silver with 249.90 points and Myra Lee Jia Wen and Fong Kay Yan of Singapore got bronze on 223.53 points.

Since diving began on December 18, only Singapore’s Timothy Lee Han Ming, silver medalist in the men’s 3m springboard on December 19, has managed to squeeze out a medal of a brighter color than a Malaysian diver. 
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