Technical error nearly cost Ha Thi Thu her bronze medal: Luckily, the organizers managed to correct the mistake in time...

On the evening of December 11th, Ha Thi Thu quietly left the Supachalasai stadium, thinking she had missed out on the bronze medal in the women's 100m race at the 33rd SEA Games. However, after the organizers made a change, the bronze medal returned to the Vietnamese athlete.

Both Vietnamese athletes, Ha Thi Thu and Hoang Du Y, qualified for the 100m final. However, due to Du Y's injury, she had to withdraw, leaving all hopes for a medal in this short-distance event on Ha Thi Thu. After the era of Vu Thi Huong and Le Tu Chinh, Vietnamese athletics has not been able to compete with regional rivals. Therefore, any medal in the women's 100m event is extremely valuable.

Ha Thi Thu made a last-ditch effort to sprint in the final meters.

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When she crossed the finish line, she looked up at the electronic scoreboard to wait for the results.

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Hà Thị Thu's face was filled with sadness when she saw that she only finished in 4th place.

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That's why Ha Thi Thu appeared sad, disappointed, and quietly left the track. According to the initial results, Thu finished 4th with a time of 11.58 seconds. However, the organizers later changed the results. Thu's time remained the same, but she was moved up to 3rd place. The reason was that the Filipino athlete, Knott Marie, was moved from 1st place (11.31 seconds) to 6th place (11.71 seconds). A Thanh Nien reporter contacted the organizers to find out the reason, and the answer received was "due to a technical error" in the system.

According to the initial results, Ha Thi Thu only ranked 4th.

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She was moved up to third place in the final results.

PHOTO: DONG NGUYEN KHANG

On December 11th, Vietnamese athletics achieved excellent results with 2 SEA Games gold medals (Ho Trong Manh Hung - triple jump, Bui Thi Ngan - women's 1,500m), 1 silver medal (Nguyen Thi Khanh Linh - women's 1,500m) and 3 bronze medals (Ha Thi Thu - women's 100m, Luong Duc Phuoc - 1,500m, Le Thi Cam Dung - discus throw).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/sai-sot-ky-thuat-btc-suyt-tuoc-hcd-cua-ha-thi-thu-may-kip-sua-sai-185251211201419219.htm