BARCELONA: Youngsters Ooi Tze Liang and Ahmad Amsyar Azman can give themselves a pat on their backs after an impressive performance in the men’s 3m springboard synchro final at the Montjuic Municipal Pool on Tuesday.
The duo pulled off their finest performance as a pair to date to finish sixth in a final field of 12 pairs, sailing past the 400-point barrier for the first time.
With good ranking points at stake, they will not have to ride on the achievements of their team-mates to compete at the Diving World Series as they virtually handed Malaysia a spot for next year’s event.
The Diving World Series is for the top eight elite divers and Tze Liang-Amsyar were given the chance to take part as London Olympic pair Huang Qiang-Bryan Nickson are no longer diving competitively.
Tze Liang-Amsyar also surpassed the best-ever Malaysian achievement of eighth spot in the discipine by Yeoh Ken Nee-Rosharisham Roslan in Melbourne in 2007.
China’s He Chong-Qin Kai (448.86) and Russia’s Ilia Zakharov-Evgeny Kuznetsov (428.01) were a class apart as they bagged the gold and silver respectively. Mexico’s Rommel Paheco-Jahir Ocampo (422.79) took the bronze.
Amsyar was delighted with their sixth placing, saying it has given him the confidence to look forward to the future.
“This is our best score. We’re pleased with our performance but there is still some way to go to be consistent. I need to train hard to be in contention if I want to compete in the Diving World Series next year,” he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment