Syed Saddiq owns up to error, triathlon third placing changed to 'did not finish'

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Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has admitted that a mistake in the 113 Triathlon Desaru 2024 last weekend led to him being awarded third place.  The Muar MP's status for the triathlon has now been changed to "DNF" (did not finish).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/375nwbey   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Hello friends, I have the latest update and data as requested.

00:04This was posted after the race, and this is the most detailed breakdown, lap by lap at

00:09every checkpoint which I just received from the technical team.

00:13After cross-referencing this with my iWatch data, there clearly was a mistake, and I take

00:18full responsibility for it.

00:21Allow me to explain.

00:22During the bike session, suspecting something was amiss as I came back earlier than expected,

00:27I immediately flagged this to the technical team 1.

00:31I was informed then that there was no problem and continued as usual.

00:35Technical team 1 comprised of 2 officers who can testify to this.

00:39Now with the latest data, it showed that I did complete 3 loops and cross all the checkpoints,

00:45but 1 loop at the beginning was for the Olympic loop race, instead of the 1-1-3.

00:50This is shown clearly at paragraph 6, bike lap 1.

00:53Lap 2 and lap 3 had no problems, thus explaining why it wasn't 2 loops at 60km, but 3 loops

00:59at 72km.

01:01Allow me to show my Strava.

01:03It's not super detailed, but it's already public.

01:05Then I cross-reference it together with my iWatch data, then you get a little bit more

01:12detail.

01:13However, the reason why I didn't share this early on, because some facts are just not

01:19accurate.

01:20For example, it's stated on my iWatch that I only swam for 100m, while as the race has

01:25proven it was 2.25km, and at the same time, the registered running time was much later

01:31than reported.

01:32And that is exactly why I waited for the official data to cross-reference this first.

01:38This was an honest mistake on my part.

01:41Despite double-checking the problem during the race and notifying the technical team,

01:45still as a participant, I should have been more responsible.

01:49I unreservedly apologise to the Trithlon community.

01:52Yes, I am a newbie, and I look forward to improving.

01:56After speaking to the organisers and the technical rep, it is best that my status be DNF.

02:01They also acknowledge that this was an honest mistake.

02:05I promise to be a lot more careful next time, and will work closely with the community to

02:10be better as this is a sport I truly love.

02:13Thank you very much.

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