Chinese nationwide workforce athlete Wu Yanni has tendered an unconditional apology to India’s Jyothi Yarraji over the false begin drama that unfolded throughout Sunday’s girls’s 100 hurdles ultimate on the Asian Games. “I am very sorry that my result was disqualified due to a false start, disappointing everyone’s expectations. I deeply apologize to all my friends who have supported me and to the competitors in tonight’s race,” Wu wrote on her official account on Weibo, Chinese Twitter-like social media platform. “I respect the referee’s final decision, respect the rules and the competition, and congratulate my teammates and opponents who finished the race.” Drama unfolded within the final occasion of the day on the ‘Big Lotus’ stadium when the ladies’s 100m hurdles was stopped after the gun was fired. Replays clearly confirmed that Chinese runner Wu Yanni was answerable for the false begin as she received off the blocks even earlier than the gunshot was taken.

The judges reviewed the beginning of the race on the on-field display after which disqualified Yanni. But to the shock of the Indian camp, Yarraji was additionally instructed that she can be out as a result of false begin.

Yarraji stood her floor for some time and protested and the race was held up for a couple of minutes.

In dash races, beneath 100 millisecond rule, any athlete who reacts inside 100 milliseconds (0.100 second) of the gun going off is taken into account to have false began. Later, the judges allowed each of them to compete and Yanni completed second behind her Chinese compatriot Lin Yuwei (12.74) whereas Yarraji (13.04) was third.