(Reuters) -Britain's five-time Olympic diving medallist Tom Daley is retiring from the sport, he said on Monday as he returned from the Paris Games where he won silver in the men's synchronised 10-metre event together with Noah Williams. Having stepped away from the sport after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Daley made a return last year...
PETALING JAYA: Aniq Kasdan began his competition in the men’s 61kg by breaking the national record in the snatch category at the South Paris Arena on Wednesday. The Malaysian lifted 130kg in his third attempt to break Aznil Bidin’s snatch record of 129kg set at the 2023 World Championships in Riyadh. Aniq started the event by lifting...
National diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri secured her spot in the women’s 3m springboard semi-finals after finishing 12th out of 28 divers in the preliminaries. With only the top 18 divers advancing to the semi-finals, Dhabitah scored a total of 283.65 points after five rounds at the Paris Olympics Aquatics Centre on Wednesday (Aug 7). China’s Chen Yiwen...
PETALING JAYA: National track cyclist Azizulhasni Awang shattered the national record en route to reaching the second round of the men's sprint event at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome on Wednesday. The 36-year-old came back strongly to beat German Luca Spiegel from behind in the first round of the knockout stage. Azizul earlier had romped to the 10th fastest...
PETALING JAYA: A sensational comeback by men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik has given Malaysia their first medal at the Paris Olympics. The Malaysians came back from the brink of defeat to pull off a superb 16-21, 22-20, 21-19 win against Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark to claim the bronze medal at the Adidas...
PETALING JAYA: Pumped-up Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah put up a fantastic show to become Malaysia’s first women’s doubles pair to reach the semi-finals at the Olympics on Thursday (Aug 1). The top Malaysian pair outclassed Kim So-young-Kong Hee-yong of South Korea 21-12, 21-13 in 39 minutes in the quarter-finals at the Adidas Arena in Port de la...
PETALING JAYA: Women's singles shuttler Goh Jin Wei overcame a nervy start en route to winning her opening Group H match in the Paris Olympics. The 24-year-old beat South Africa's Johanita Scholtz 23-21, 21-11 at Adidas Arena in Port de la Chapelle on Monday (July 29). Jin Wei, who was making her debut in the Olympics, was...
