Tze Liang, 13-time SEA Games champ, bids goodbye to diving, will return as coach


It’s time to call it quits: Diver Ooi Tze Liang and boxer Mohd Farkhan Haron (left) are ready to retire from competitive diving and boxing respectively.

KUALA LUMPUR: Springboard specialist Ooi Tze Liang, the only Malaysian male diver to splash to a gold on the Commonwealth Games stage, has made known his intention to retire from competitive diving in two months time.

But he will not sever his ties with the national diving team as the 31-year-old Tze Liang will be assume a new role as a coach in the back-up squad.

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