GEORGE TOWN, Sept 17 – Penang State Government is giving out incentive of RM 12,000 to the Olympic Athletes Ooi Tze Liang on Tuedday afternoon. Ooi Tze Liang which will be representing Penang, Malaysia to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Olympics 2016.
“Olympic Athletes Ooi Tze Liang is a good example for those who want to cultivate in diving. His success could encourage many more young athletes to continue to strive to make high-performance in sports for their long term career. Of course, the success achieved did not come easily,” said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Ooi Tze Liang began practicing in diving since he was 8 years old. After 13 years of intensive training with the national team, he won the gold medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow which making him the first male diver from Malaysia who took home the gold medal.
Among his biggest achievements this year, including four gold medals in the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore in the 3m springboard individual, 10m platform individu, 3m Springboard sinkro and 10m platform sinkro. With more world-class athletes, the State Government had also dreams to becoming the Penang International Sports City which is also not impossible.
