Singapore’s Mark and Timothy Lee took home the silver medal with a score of 381.78. (Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters)
OCBC Aquatic Centre, Tuesday, June 09, 2015 — Singaporean twins Mark and Timothy Lee secured silver in the 3-metre synchronised springboard on the last day of diving competition at the 28th South East Asia (SEA) Games with a score of 381.78.
This result was a repeat of the pair’s second-placed performance at the last edition of the SEA Games.
They were 27.78 points behind the pair of Ooi Tze Liang and Ahmad Amsyar Azman of Malaysia who continued the nation’s dominance of the diving events. Indonesia’s Akhmad Sukra Jamjami and Adityo Restu Putra took the bronze medal, scoring 342.45.
Singapore led briefly in second dive, but the Malaysians executed technically superior dives in the remainder of the competition to hold off the stiff challenge from the Singaporeans.
“It was a personal best for both of us and to do it in the biggest competition of our lives and in front of the home crowd was really something special,” said Timothy Lee.
“There were many challenges in the past year so we’re glad to get a silver medal. We knew the Malaysians were the biggest competition but we gave them a close fight. I think we came close to them and only lost out on degree of difficulty,” added Timothy.
This was Mark’s second medal in the competition after he claimed bronze in the men’s 3m springboard final. However, this one was special for him.
“I wanted to walk away with something with my brother,” said the 20-year-old. “I wouldn’t feel like I won something unless it was with my brother so I am glad we were able to get second place.”
“We spent a lot of time training for this meet, sometimes 32 hours per week. We were quite ready for it mentally and physically.”
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