Soldier’s body found after going missing during diving exercise
KUANTAN, Pahang: An army personnel member who was reported missing while undergoing diving training at Kuantan Port here on Thursday was found drowned on Saturday. Acting Kuantan district police chief Supt Mohd Adli Mat Daud said the body of Corporal Mohd Haswansir Julnasir, 30, was found by a team of divers at 10:00 am. “The victim’s […]
Lecturer reported missing while diving found safe
KUANTAN, Pahang: A Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) lecturer who was reported missing while diving in the waters of Pulau Chebeh, Pulau Tioman, yesterday, was found safe today. Rompin police chief Superintendent Sharif Shaif Mondoi said the lecturer, identified as Eliza M. Yusup, 44, was found by a member of the public who was […]
Gold in diving despite niggling injury
KUCHING: Nur Elisha Rania Muhammad Abrar Raj had to overcome some niggling injury to help her partner Nurul Farisya Alia Affendi win the second gold in diving; the pair gave their best to achieve the highest score of 262.08 points in the 10m synchronised platform event. They outperformed the Perak pair who managed a total […]
Elvis Priestly Clement wins Sarawak’s first gold in diving at Sukma
KUCHING: Elvis Priestly Clement secured Sarawak’s first gold in diving by scoring a total of 415.15 points, outpacing his rival Yong Rui Ji from Kuala Lumpur in the 3M springboard event held at the Pandelela Aquatic Centre here. Rui Ji earned the silver medal with a total of 388.80 points, while fellow Kuala Lumpur diver […]
Nur Dhabitah keeps medal hopes alive in diving
PARIS: National diving ace Nur Dhabitah Sabri managed to keep her medal hopes alive in the women’s 3 metre (m) Springboard event at the 2024 Paris Olympics after advancing to the final, here yesterday. In yesterday’s semi-finals, despite losing focus on the third dive, she improved on her last two jumps to confirm a place among the 12 […]
Sarawak divers aim for success at upcoming Sukma
KUCHING: Sarawak’s divers are ready to repeat their success at the coming Malaysia Games (Sukma) in front of their home fans at the Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre. With a relatively young squad, and even without their Olympic-bound diver Bertrand Rhodict, they still pack too much power to repeat their success and are likely to dominate […]
SAR ops launched for man feared drowned in Batu Niah
MIRI: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched to locate a man who is feared to have drowned after he went to check his fishing nets at an oil palm plantation in Batu Niah yesterday (Feb 9). A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said they received an emergency call pertaining […]
Diving Into Happiness
For the love of adventure, Traci Tay enjoys engaging in outdoor activities. Among her many interests is diving in the vast ocean in quest of another underwater story. As she listens to the fish ‘talk’ to each other, Tay also comes across a plethora of gems. Getting a good dose of Vitamin Sea Under the […]
Dropping of women’s diving irks minister
KUCHING: Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah does not agree that the women’s diving event has been dropped. “Ever since Pandalela Rinong has made international status, it has attracted a large number of interests in diving for both male and female divers. “Sarawak is the only state […]
Pandelela-Tze Liang end up fifth in team event
KUALA LUMPUR: The partnership of national divers Datuk Pandelela Rinong and Ooi Tze Liang only managed fifth place in the mixed 3m and 10m team event at the 2022 World Championships, late last night. The event, which is a combination of 10m platform and 3m springboard, saw Pandelela-Tze Liang accumulate a total of 350.25 points at […]