Mai Hong Hanh and Ngo Phuong Mai achieved the second highest score to win the silver medal in women’s three-meter synchronized diving at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Monday.

They competed against rivals from Malaysia and Singapore during the final held at My Dinh Water Sports Palace in Hanoi.

Both divers scored 237.57 points, which was 8.16 points higher than Singapore’s Ashlee Tan Yi Xuan and Fong Kay Yian. 

Malaysian divers Ng Yan Yee and Ong Ker Ying continued to dominate the competition, striking gold with a total score of 276.30 points.

Mai had won bronze medals in three previous editions of the SEA Games held in 2015, 2017, and 2019. 

She also claimed a bronze in the women’s single one-meter springboard event on Sunday.

Before the women’s synchronized diving final, six athletes from four teams of Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia competed in the men’s singles one-meter springboard final.

As the event was not a strong category for the home team, Phuong The Anh and Nguyen Tung Duong achieved the lowest scores of 248.25 points and 230.10 points, respectively.

Duong, once ranked fourth at the 30th SEA Games, even got zero points for making a mistake of letting his back make contact with the water when landing in his final dive.

Malaysia’s Ooi Tze Liang achieved 377.70 points and won the gold medal, ahead of Singapore’s Avvir Pac Lun Tham, who claimed the silver with 286.40 points, while the bronze medal went to Malaysia’s Betrand Rhodict with 284.90 points.

Ending the second day of the diving competition, Malaysia led with four golds and one silver, followed by Vietnam with two silvers and one bronze, and Singapore with one silver and one bronze.

The diving events will continue on Tuesday with women’s singles one-meter synchronized diving and men’s doubles ten-meter platform diving.

The 31st SEA Games will take place in Hanoi and 11 neighboring provinces and cities from May 12 to 23, with some events set to commence a few days before the opening ceremony, including men’s and women’s football, kickboxing, diving, futsal, beach handball, rowing, and Kurash.

The biennial event was originally scheduled to be held from November 21 to December 2, 2021 but was postponed after Vietnam saw a flare-up of COVID-19 cases in late April the same year.

The tournament will be attended by 11 delegations from Southeast Asian nations and consist of 526 categories in 40 sports.

Over 7,878 athletes, coaches, and members of the 11 sports delegations have registered for the event.

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