HANGZHOU: The national diving camp bagged a silver and a bronze at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday.
The combination of Nur Dhabitah Sabri-Wendy Ng emerged runners-up in the women’s synchronised 3 metres (m) springboard here while Bertrand Rhodict Anak Lises-Enrique Maccartney Anak Harold competing in their debut Asiad finished third in the men’s 10m platform synchronised final.
In the final at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena here, Nur Dhabitah-Wendy started well in the first dive to be in the second place but they were overtaken by the South Korean pair of Park Hareum-Kim Suji after the second dive.
Nonetheless, in the third dive, the Malaysians seized back their position with an overall of 152.40 points compared to 144.48 points by Park-Kim.
Nur Dhabitah-Wendy then consistently defended their position in the fourth and fifth dives to present the national diving camp’s first silver in this edition after collecting a total of 270.27 points.
The gold medal went to China’s world champion pair Chen Yiwen-Chang Yani with 335.73 points while the South Korean pair had to settle for bronze by collecting 253.56 points.
The achievement by Nur Dhabitah-Wendy saw them successfully defend the silver won in the 2018 edition in Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia.
It is Nur Dhabitah’s second personal medal after winning bronze when paired with Datuk Pandelela Rinong in the women’s 10m synchronised platform event on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Bertrand-Enrique helped Malaysia reclaim the men’s 10m platform synchro bronze, last won by Ooi Tze Liang-Chew Yiwed at the 2014 Incheon Games, when they posted a six-dive total of 386.07 points.
Overwhelming favourites, China, still on course for a clean sweep in diving, won the gold through Yan Hao-Lian Junjie (492.63), while South Korea’s Yi Jaegyeong-Kim Yeongnam (387.78) snatched the silver from Malaysia in the final dive.
Malaysia had won bronze on Saturday through the combination of Muhammad Syafiq Puteh-Ooi Tze Liang in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard event.
