17-year-old diver Avvir Tham wins Singapore’s first 31st SEA Games medal with silver
Avvir Tham competes in the men's 1m springboard final.
HANOI — Diver and Games debutant Avvir Tham won Singapore’s first medal of the 31st SEA Games on Monday (May 9).
At the Aquatics Sports Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tham, 17, clinched silver in the men’s 1m springboard finals.
After six dives, Malaysia’s defending champion Ooi Tze Liang took gold with a score of 377.70.
Organisers initially flashed a total score of 266.30 for Malaysia's Bertrand Rhodict Anak Lises, putting him behind Thailand's Chawanwat Juntaphadawon for the bronze medal. Juntaphadawon finished with a score of 281.45.
But an official count after the event showed that the Malaysian scored 284.90, with the first dive scoring 43.20 instead of 27.90. Rhodict took home the bronze medal.
At the 2019 Games, Singapore took bronze in the event courtesy of diver Mark Lee, who has since retired.
Tham is the third Singapore diver to compete at the Games after Fong Kay Yian and Mira Dewan on Saturday. They finished fifth and sixth respectively in the women’s 1m springboard finals.
Fong and Ashlee Tan will compete in the women’s 3m synchronised springboard finals later on Monday. CNA
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