Diving Gold Makes Up For Earlier Setback

MELAKA: Divers Abdul Rashid Muhamad and Pardika Indoma Pamg made up for their disappointment in the men’s 3m synchronised springboard when they won the men’s 10m synchronised platform gold at the Aquatics Centre at the Hang Jebat Sports Complex.

ALL OURS: Pardika and Rashid display the medals won in the men’s 3m synchronised springboard and men’s 10m synchronised platform. • Photo by Davidson Kho

It was the first gold medal of the day for Sarawak whose athletes were also hunting for gold in cycling, karate-do, archery and tenpin bowling.

Rashid/Pardika collected 338.13 points from three dives to beat Selangor’s Ahmad Fakhri K and Chew Yi Wei who had 308.58 points. Coming in third were Muhamad Syafiq and Adrian Chan of Perak who managed 307.68 points.

Earlier, Rashid/Pardika won the silver in the men’s 3m synchronised springboard when they collected 353.85 points.

The gold medallists in this event were Fakri and Chew who collected 357.96 points while Adzhar Imran Rusli and Muhammad Syafiq of Negeri Sembilan finished third with 298.71 points.

Sarawak also won two more gold and one silver in archery, a silver in tenpin bowling and as at 7pm yesterday, Sarawak had 10 gold, 14 silvers and 8 bronzes to maintain fourth in the medals table standings.

Kuala Lumpur (Federal Territory) took over as the new leaders with 13 gold, eight silver and nine bronze while hosts Melaka had 12 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals.

Third were Selangor who collected 10 gold, eight silver and 11 bronze.