Singapore’s Avvir Tham picks up 3m springboard silver, a day after striking gold

The last Singaporean to win gold was Hui Peng Seng at the 1965 Games, then known as the South East Asian Peninsular (SEAP) Games. Tham clinched silver in the same event at the 2022 Games.

Tham’s gold was Singapore’s first diving gold since 2017.

Ashlee Tan and Fong Kay Yian, who had initially taken silver, were upgraded to gold at the Kuala Lumpur Games after Wendy Ng, one half of Malaysia’s winning duo, failed a doping test.

“Singapore is stepping up … It shows that Singapore diving can (do it),” said Tham.

Lee added that a number of youngsters have come through the ranks and the team stands a chance against fierce competition.

“Apart from us, we also have many amazing juniors stepping up,” he said. “It shows that there’s much more we can do, and that we are definitely up there.”