{
  "id": 10950633,
  "title": "Ken Nee: Inconsistency haunts Malaysian divers at Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ken-nee-inconsistency-haunts-malaysian-divers-at-asian-games",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T13:04:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2026/09/1544854/ken-nee-inconsistency-haunts-malaysian-divers-asian-games"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's diving team concluded their Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games journey without securing an individual medal for the first time in the competition's history. In the men's individual 10m platform final, Paris Olympian Bertrand Rhodict Lises and debutant Elvis Priestly Clement failed to make the podium. Bertrand secured fifth place with 375.10 points, while Elvis, making his Asian Games debut, placed eighth with 352.10 points. In the women's individual 3m springboard final, debutants Ong Ker Ying and Lee Yiat Qing also missed out on medals, finishing seventh and eighth with 216.00 and 204.60 points, respectively. Technical director Yeoh Ken Nee highlighted inconsistency as a persistent issue, noting that each finalist had one subpar dive. Despite overall strong performances, each diver's single bad dive proved costly. Malaysia, which had won at least one individual medal in every Asian Games since 2002, saw the end of their winning streak in Tokyo. The team's lone individual medals came from synchronised events. Elvis and Enrique Maccartney Harold earned silver in the men's 10m platform synchronised, while Yiat Qing, Ker Ying, and Nurqayyum Nazmi Nazim and Yong Rui Jie claimed bronze in the women's and men's 3m springboard synchronised events, respectively. Malaysia finished fourth in the diving medal standings, behind Japan, South Korea, and China.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian diving team ended their Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games campaign without an individual medal for the first time as the competition concluded at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre today.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}