In the last two events today, fifth placing was the best Ooi Tze Liang and Ahmad Amsyar Azman could muster in the men’s 3m springboard synchro while Kam Ling Kar-Jasmine Lai continued to flop as they finished last of five pairs competing in the women’s 10m platform synchro.
Despite having experience competing in this season six-legged Diving World Series (DWS), Tze Liang-Ahmad Amsyar were a class below their rivals.
The Barcelona world championships bound pair chalked up 378.51 points over six dives.
Home boys Ilia Zakharov-Evgeny Kuznetsov outclassed their China arch-rival Lin Jin-Luo Yutong (458.34) by a huge gap of 20 points for the gold medal while Mexico’s Yahel Huerta Castillo-Daniel Alejandro Islas (426.78) took the third spot.
In women’s 10m platform synchro final, it was yet another poor performance by Ling Kar-Jasmine, who fared miserably in yesterday’s 3m springboard discipline as well.
Having paired up for years while representing their state Perak and also the national team, they should have done so much better than only garner a total score of 224.61 in five attempts.
Chen Ni-Xia Yuhua (325.32) salvaged some pride for China by defeating Russia’s pair Yulia Koltunova-Natalia Goncharova (307.62) and Paola Espinosa-Daniela Marisa Diaz Prieto (283.77).
In the previous Games in Shenzhen, China, diving was the only sport to contribute medals with one silver and two bronzes.
Pandelela Rinong created history when she became the first Malaysian diver to claim a medal by winning silver in the 10m platform individual before adding bronze with Leong Mun Yee in the synchronised discipline.
The silver is the best result by a Malaysian athlete in Universiade history.
Malaysia was also awarded another bronze as the third best overall team for women’s events.
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