KANGAR: Ten minutes of rainfall was enough to cause the canvas canopy roof at the State Aquatic Centre here to start to tear.
The men’s diving platform synchro competition was under way when it began to rain at the venue, which received a lot of attention in the past two weeks as contractors raced against time to get it ready for the Malaysia Games (Sukma).
In fact, the diving and swimming events start on Thursday, instead of Wednesday because the venue was still not ready.
It took about another 20 minutes of mild rain and strong winds to completely tear the canvas roofing in two.
The end result was, part …
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