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Badminton tournament marred by teams trying to purposely lose a match


LONDON
– Eight badminton players could be disciplined for their sub-par
Olympic effort after embarrassing scenes Tuesday saw them appear to
deliberately throw their matches.Angry fans at Wembley Arena booed and
jeered once it became clear that No.1 seed Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of
China and Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na of South Korea were trying to
purposefully lose their contest in the final round of the group stage in
order to obtain an easier draw in the next round.http://www.google-jerseys.cc
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Both teams, along with a second doubles team from
South Korea and one from Indonesia have all been charged by the
Badminton World Federation with "not using one's best efforts to win a
match," according to the BBC.If the Olympics are supposed to be about
the pursuit of excellence and honesty, this was anything but, especially
the duo of Wang and Yu which looked to be making no attempt whatsoever
to win. Serves were skewed wide on purpose. Shots were allowed to drop
to the floor with little effort to retrieve them.http://www.google-jerseys.cc

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best team in the world performed worse than a pair of rank amateurs and
cast shame on their sport in the process. Tennis legend John McEnroe,
working as an analyst for the BBC, was utterly incredulous."They need to
change this now," McEnroe said. "People who are watching the badminton
right now will be turning off in droves and losing even more interest."
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Badminton officials had already come under fire for
adopting a group system for this event instead of single elimination as
in previous Games. Given Tuesday's saga, it is unthinkable that group
play will be retained.The sorry situation came about for two reasons:
both the Wang-Yu pairing and the Jung-Kim duo had already qualified for
the quarterfinal after winning their first two group games and the
second-ranked Chinese pairing of Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei had already
been upset by a team from Denmark. The winner of the China vs. South
Korea match knew they would earn the dubious honor of facing Tian and
Zhao, offering the genuine advantage of an easier draw for losing on
purpose.http://www.google-jerseys.cc
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