The Malaysian equestrian squad continued their domination in the equestrian eventing competition after winning the gold medal in the team show jumping event at the 2017 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games (KL2017), today.

In the event held at the 3Q Equestrian Centre, Rawang, near Kuala Lumpur, the team consisting of Praveen Nair Mathavan, Sharmini Christina Ratnasingham, Neelan Jonathan Ratnasingham and Mohd Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil, topped the competition without any penalty point.

The Philippine team claimed the silver with a total of 12 penalty points while Thailand took the bronze with 15 penalty points.
The squad had won two gold medals in the eventing competition through Quzandria Nur Mahamad Fathil in individual dressage and also the team competition.

The eventing competition continues on Monday with individual show jumping event.

Pandelela dives to gold

Meanwhile Malaysian divers delivered the third gold medal in the diving competition which started today at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil.

Pandelela Rinong-Gabriel Gilbert Daim clinched gold in the team event after having accumulated 345.40 points to top the event.

Singapore's team comprising Freida Lim Shen-Ya and Jonathan Chan Fan Keng took the silver with 335.55 points.

Meanwhile, Surincha Booranapol-Theerapat Siriboon of Thailand accumulated 243.90 points to win bronze in the event.

This was the first time the team event category was introduced in the SEA Games.

In the event today, two divers – man and woman -- would dive on 10m platform and 3m springboard in three rounds and points were combined to determine the winner.

Malaysia also won the women's pairs lawn bowling gold, with Brunei taking silver, while the bronze went to the Philippines

- Bernama