India, Sept. 21 -- Suchika Tariyal had already done the hard part. She had taken her women's traditional 60kg semifinal against Singapore's Tiffany Teo Hui Hoon into overtime, fought through a closely-contested bout and believed she had done enough to reach the Asian Games final.

Instead, the Indian fighter left the mat dejected after the judges ruled in Singapore's favour. What followed was an unusual sequence that ultimately decided the contest. India challenged the original decision.

Suchika weighed around 59.2kg, while Teo was around 58.5kg-roughly 700 grams lighter. Six judges assessed the bout after the arbitration process for which India paid $1000 as fee, but the overall result remaining level. The weight tiebreaker was then app...