Perfect harmony: Perak’s Kam Ling Kar (right) and Cheong Jun Hoong in action en route to winning the women’s 10m sychronised gold medal Saturday. – Bernama
FIFTEEN-year-old Kam Ling Kar set the target to win one gold medal in the Sukma diving competition. And she was looking at the women’s individual 10m platform event in which she won the bronze in the Asian junior championships in Tokyo last year.
FIFTEEN-year-old Kam Ling Kar set the target to win one gold medal in the Sukma diving competition. And she was looking at the women’s individual 10m platform event in which she won the bronze in the Asian junior championships in Tokyo last year.
But the Perak diver surprises herself by winning two gold medals in the synchronised events at the Hang Jebat Aquatic Centre yesterday.
Ling Kar partnered Jasmine Lai to bag the 3m springboard gold medal with a score of 252.36 ahead of Selangor’s Ng Zheng Ni and Adeline Chin (216.48) and the Federal Territories’ Nur Dhabitah Sabri and Joey Loh Zhiayi (216.21).
She went on to partner Cheong Jun Hoong and they chalked up an impressive score of 283.35 to win the 10m platform event ahead of Penang’s Loke Shin Hui and Teoh Wen Zhing (219.51). Nur Dhabitah and Joey settled for the bronze again with a score of 215.85.
“My mission in Malacca Games was to win gold in my pet event 10m platform after my efforts in Tokyo last year,” said Ling Kar, who made her Sukma debut at the 2008 edition in Terengganu and won a silver in the 3m springboard synchronised event.
“And I never thought that I will win two golds in synchronised diving here. They were very pleasant surprises for me.”
Ling Kar added that the successes yesterday had further boosted her confident and she would go all out to bag both the 3m springboard and 10m platform individual gold medal.
“I hope my good performance in Sukma will earn me a place in the national back-up squad. My aim is to represent Malaysia in the SEA Games in Indonesia next year,” she said.
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