Unfortunate incident: Malaysia’s Ooi Tze Liang has hurt his head during one of his dives at the ongoing Malaysian Open in Bukit Jalil. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star
PETALING JAYA: National diver Ooi Tze Liang suffered a head injury while competing in the men’s 3m springboard final at the Malaysian Open.
Tze Liang, who will turn 31 on Nov 19, sustained the injury after an unfortunate collision with the board during his dive at the Bukit Jalil National Aquatic Centre on Saturday (Nov 2).
He was seen carefully stretchered off the venue and rushed to the nearest hospital.
Malaysian Swimming Federation secretary general Andy Low said they were currently waiting for updates from the officer in-charge regarding Tze Liang’s injury.
"He was performing a new dive, the typical one when the incident happened," said Andy.
"From our observation, he appeared to be a bit off balance, and when that happened, he could not control himself and ended up hitting the board.
"He has been taken to the emergency unit at Columbia Asia Hospital, but we haven’t received any updates from the officer in-charge there yet."
