Two Filipino divers Francisco Deorelar and Monique Ann Demaisip swept all the gold medals in the 3m Springboard diving open events recently at the 10th Asian Age Group Championships in India.
Deorelar ruled the boys' Group A, 18-above Open division, topping nine other divers from Asia with a gold medal win of 295.70 points.
India’s Sharma Ramananda and Pradeshi Siddharth settled for the silver and bronze medals with 287.75 and 2:82.15 points respectively.
The 25-year-old Deorelar are now getting ready for the 30th Southeast Asian Games.
Back in the 2017 SEA Games, Malaysia’s Tze Liang Ooi and Amsyar Azman Ahmad took the gold and silver medals with 458 and 432.25 points respectively, while Timothy Lee Han Kuan of Singapore bagged the bronze with 386.35 points.
Six divers from the Southeast Asian region who joined in Kuala Lumpur SEA Games were around.
Indonesia’s Aldinsyah Putra Rafi placed sixth with 314.55 points.
Demaisip's second gold medal came after she topped the girls' group C, 18-above Open Division with 214.40 points.
Kazakhstan’s Zhijravleva Juliya and Borova Yelizaveta took the silver and bronze with 207.25 and 156.15 points respectively.
Two years ago, Malaysia’s Yan Yee Ng took the gold with 342.90 points, while Dhabitah Sabr got the silver medal with 311.25.
