> Unfortunately for Shin, the clock never started after the referee signaled to restart the match, giving Heidemann more than one second to land the winning touch.

If I recall correctly, this is wrong. If there is less than a whole second left for this 're-start' of the match, the clock is reset to a whole second. In the German broadcast of the event, viewers were told that Heidemann landed her hit 0.8 seconds after the clock was officially started again, so it counted.

Now what's left to discuss is whether it's possible that the clock was started those 200ms late by whoever was keeping the time. However it's probably not regulated down to the split-second at which point or at which hand or mouth movement by the referee the clock is to be started again.

The real technical question concerning the judgement made is:

    Just how late was the restart of the clock.

If it was more than 200ms then the hit should not be allowed to stand. Was it more than 200ms late in being restarted? The video should make that clear - there should be sufficient logging to know for sure.

But the question shouldn't arise - the processes involved should not allow the clock to be restarted at a time other than when the official says "Allez"

Secondly, the contestant should never be treated like that

Yes, the real failure in this case is not technical, but social. Especially that they forced her to stay on scene during the entire decision process.