Jackie’s 64.20m effort in his third out of six attempts was nowhere near the 64.49m Kittipong achieved in his third attempt, and that was enough for the Thai to wrest the gold from Jackie.

However, the drama unfolded when Jackie claimed that he managed to hurl the hammer to a distance of 64.64m in his sixth and final throw before it was rejected following a technical error by the judges.

The national athletics camp’s representatives lodged a protest but Jackie said the judges decided that Kittipong be crowned as champion.

“We filed a protest and launched an appeal. The judges said they were going to view the video but did not show it to us and just rejected our appeal. How can that be? That’s unfair.

“I cannot accept that decision because they did not give a strong enough reason (for rejecting our protest),” he told reporters.

A disappointed Jackie hopes that chef de mission Nasir Ali will take note of the incident to prevent a recurrence.

Meanwhile, Malaysia’s Sadat Marzuqi Ajisan took home bronze in the men’s hammer event with his final attempt of 59.76m.