PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian diving team for the World Aquatic Championships starting in Shanghai tomorrow have been trimmed to eight members as back-up divers Mohd Fakhrul Izzat and Ahmad Amsyar became casualties of a cost-cutting exercise.
Laos SEA Games medallists Fakhrul and Amsyar were training together in Dali with the rest of the World Championships-bound squad for the past one month but are now back in Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur as they did not get the nod from the National Sports Council (NSC).
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