THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah today congratulated the national diving squad for winning eight gold medals in the 31st SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Istana Negara, in a posting on its official Facebook page, said Their Majesties expressed their joy and pride over the squad’s outstanding success in defending its overall title in diving events since the 2013 Myanmar SEA Games.

“Their Majesties hoped that this excellent achievement will be an inspiration to other athletes to strive and give their best performance in their quest for gold at the Games,” read the posting.

The King and Queen also wished them luck and prayed for their success.

The national diving squad presented Malaysia with gold in the women’s 1-metre (m) springboard individual event (Nur Dhabitah Sabri), men’s 3-m springboard synchronised event (Chew Yi Wei and Ooi Tze Liang), 1-m springboard (Tze Liang), women’s 3-m synchronised springboard (Ng Yan Yee and Ong Ker Ying) and women’s 3-m springboard (Yan Yee).
 
Malaysia also bagged gold in the men’s 10-m synchronised platform (Jellson Jabillin and Hanis Nazirul Jaya Surya), men’s 3-m springboard (Muhammad Syafiq Puteh) and women’s 10-m synchronised platform (Pandelela Rinong and Nur Dhabitah).

The diving squad also won three silver medals through Kimberly Bong (women’s 1-m springboard), Ker Ying (women’s 3-m springboard) and Gabriel Gilbert Daim (men’s 3-m springboard) and bagged one bronze through Bertrand Rhodict (men’s 1-m springboard). – Bernama, May 12, 2022.