Dhabitah finishes last, ends Paris Olympics outing in disappointment

National diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri finished last in the final of the women’s 3m springboard event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Dhabitah, who competed through the unused country quota, only scored 244.80 points overall to be ranked 12th after five dives at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Paris.

Just like yesterday, the 25-year-old started well with 63.00 and 60.00 points for the first and second dives to put herself in the medal race.

However, the third dive - a 2½ back somersault dive - attempt ended disastrously when she managed only 37.50 points.

Her attempt to recover from that earlier disappointment ended in another disastrous performance when her fourth dive - a reserve 2½ somersault - saw her finish with an even bigger disaster after being awarded just 28.50 points, the lowest throughout her campaign in Paris, before improving her score in the final dive at 55.80 points.

Dhabitah advanced to the final after finishing eighth with a total of 286.95 points in the semi-finals.

China dominates

Chinese diver Chen Yiwen maintained the country’s dominance in the event since the 1988 edition in Seoul, when she swept the gold with 376.00 points, while her compatriot Chang Yani took the bronze with 318.75 points.

The silver medal went to Maddison Keeney of Australia, who scored 343.10 points.

In her Rio 2016 debut, Dhabitah finished ninth in the individual 10m platform and fifth in the 3m synchronised springboard event with Cheong Jun Hoong.

In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she narrowly missed out on the podium when she finished fourth in the 3m springboard event.

Malaysia has only won two medals from diving in the Olympics, through Pandelela Rinong who won Malaysia’s first-ever diving medal with a bronze from the women’s 10m platform event at the 2012 London Olympics.

She later partnered with Cheong to win the silver medal in the 10m synchronised platform diving at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

- Bernama

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