KUALA LUMPUR – National diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri won three gold medals at the FINA Kuala Lumpur Diving Grand Prix at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil here today.
Two of the events, the women’s synchronised 3m springboard and the women’s synchronised 10m platform, had no other participants.
In the women’s synchronised 3m springboard event, she teamed up with Ng Yan Yee to secure 290.10 points, while in the 10m platform event, she teamed up with national dive queen Datuk Pandelela Rinong to record 299.52 points.
For her third gold, she teamed up with Muhammad Syafiq Puteh in the mixed synchronised 3m springboard event to record 305.70 points, beating Australians Alysha Koloi-Lachlan Cronin (288.06 points) and South Koreans Kang Minhyuk-Kim Nahyun (258.93 points).
Speaking to Bernama after the medal ceremony, she expressed her satisfaction with how all her hard work had paid off, even though she had only undergone intensive training for the tournament a week ago.
“I am very happy, but to be honest, it’s tiring, because it’s my first time competing in three events in a day, and I’m just recovering from a back injury.
“A month ago, I didn’t train much…just a week before the competition, I went all out.
“Actually, there was pressure…even though there were no contenders from other countries in two (of the) events, we had to do everything as usual.
“Alhamdullilah, everything went well today, although I still have a back injury and Syafiq has just recovered from dengue,” Dhabitah said.
Meanwhile, Syafiq was thankful that he could perform well, even though he had just fully recovered on Monday.
“I’m really happy, because this was a last-minute decision made together with Dhabitah.
“I want to continue this, because performing at home is a different thing…Alhamdullilah, we got the gold today,” he added. – Bernama, November 27, 2022
