Then, Malaysia swept all five golds at stake before synchronised swimming went missing from all subsequent Games until now.
The 27-year-old Shareen is now an established synchronised swimmer in Malaysia, having featured in last year’s Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and this year’s World Championships.
And yesterday was her crowning moment as she combined with top synchronised swimmer Katrina Ann Hadi to clinch gold in the technical routine duet.
The duo were simply dazzling in their routine – performed to the theme song from the movie Mr and Mrs Smith – and were clearly a class above the rest with a total score of 76.125.
Singapore’s Stephanie Chen-Crystal Yap took silver with 72.750 while Indonesians Adela Amanda Nirmala-Sabihisma Arysi settled for bronze.
Sarawakian Shareen was overjoyed when told that she had won Malaysia’s 46th gold medal– surpassing the contingent’s target of 45.
“I’m really happy to have contributed gold No. 46 because this is really a dream come through,” said Shareen.
“Ten years ago I was just a pre-swimmer. Now, I’ve been given the chance to swim as a participant and I’m glad it was well worth the 10-year wait.”
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