Heartache as diver Jun Hoong misses cut for Olympics


Out in the cold: Cheong Jun Hoong, the world champion platform diver in 2017, will not be going for next month’s Olympics.

PETALING JAYA: Former world champion platform diver Cheong Jun Hoong will have to watch next month’s Tokyo Olympics action on the television.

Aquatics governing body FINA informed Malaysia Swimming yesterday that Jun Hoong and Mohd Syafiq Puteh did not make the cut for the Olympics.

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