GLASGOW: It was a case of one gold won and another lost as Ooi Tze Liang surprised while the experienced Pandelela Rinong let her title slip away on her final dive at Edinburgh's Royal Commonwealth Pool on Thursday.
Tze Liang stunned with the 3m springboard gold but as Malaysians harboured hopes of a double, Pandelela was let down by her final dive as she slipped from first to second.
Tze Liang, who had qualified second best for the finals behind England's 1m springboard gold medallist Jack Laugher, was in his element as he won what he termed what his biggest medal ever.
"I knew I had a chance for a medal but kept focused on my dives. I wasn't worried about what the others were doing as this would distract me.
"I didn't even try to keep track of the points. All I did was execute my dives and seek advise from my coach (Yang Zhuliang).
"Thankfully, all my hard work has paid off as I have been waiting for this a long time," said Tze Liang, 20.
He scored a total 457.60 points and his winning margin was highly respectable as Laugher scored 449.70.
Bronze went to England's Oliver Dingley.
Ahmad Amsyar Azman, who will partner Tze Liang in the 3m springboard synchro today, was fifth with 412.65 points while Chew Yiwei (368.50) finished 10.
Pandelela wasn't too disappointed in having to settle for silver despite the fact the gold had been hers to lose going into the final dive.
"My entry wasn't perfect and that cost me points. Still, I am happy with the silver considering that I have not really been training," said Pandelela, who also won the synchro bronze with Nur Dhabitah Sabri on Wednesday.
Pandelela scored 368.55 points for the silver with Canada's Meaghan Benfeito (372.65) and Roseline Filion (361.80) taking gold and bronze respectively.
In badminton, Chong Wei Feng was joined in the men's singles quarter-final by Liew Daren who beat Dinuka Karunaratna, with the Malaysian winning 21-19, 21-12. He plays India's P.Kashyap in the last eight today while Wei Feng, expected to win the gold, faces another Indian P.V. Gurusaidutt.
Women's singles Tee Jing Yi also made safely into the quarter-finals, beating Nadeesha Murukkuwadura of Sri Lanka 21-9, 21-6 and plays India's P.C. Thulasi today.
Mixed doubles Chan Peng Soon-Lai Pei Jing advanced to the last eight after beating Sri Lanka's Buwaneka Dullewa-Madushika Beruwalage 21-13, 21-15 and meet Danny Chrisnanta-Vanessa Neo next. Tan Wee Kiong-Vivian Kah failed to advance after they were beaten 21-17, 21-11 by Chris Adcock-Gabrielle of England 21-17, 21-11.