Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli was three minutes late for the shot put final in the Paralympics.
According to the BBC, however, he had to compete, because the reason seemed, by IPK, logical.
Then the athlete picked out his best record - and took gold.
But afterwards the Malaysian was deprived of his medal.
The reason, which was initially reasonable in IPK's eyes, was considered by the judge to be unjustified.
"The athletes have been waiting five years, but their hopes and souls were destroyed by a delay of not even five minutes ... this is something very sad," Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Faizul Azumum told The Star, according to the BBC. .
He also points out that the country's national sports council has been commissioned to investigate the matter.