Chris
01-08-2012, 09:22 AM
The Olympic women's badminton tournament descended into farce last night as four pairs all appeared to try to lose their matches.
A pair from China, two from South Korea and another from Indonesia all attempted to throw their games in order to secure a favorable draw in the next round.
There were boos from the at Wembley Arena crowd as the world class athletes repeatedly put serves into the net and failed to return simple shots on an embarrassing evening for the sport.
The Badminton World Federation has now launched disciplinary proceedings
A statement from the BWF confirmed that all four pairs would face charges of 'not using one's best efforts to win a match' and 'conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport'.
A disciplinary hearing will be held with a decision announced in due course.
At present all four pairs are included in the order of play with their quarter-finals scheduled for the evening session.
All four pairs had already qualified for the last eight meaning that the only issues at stake were the final placings in the first-round group stage.
The fiasco began when Chinese top seeds Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang started to show little interest in beating Koreans Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na to finish top of Group A.
Coming second would have meant avoiding compatriots and second seeds Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei at least until the final.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181902/Disciplinary-proceedings-launched-badminton-doubles-descend-farce-Chinese-South-Koreans-attempt-lose.html#ixzz22HEFAk8e
A pair from China, two from South Korea and another from Indonesia all attempted to throw their games in order to secure a favorable draw in the next round.
There were boos from the at Wembley Arena crowd as the world class athletes repeatedly put serves into the net and failed to return simple shots on an embarrassing evening for the sport.
The Badminton World Federation has now launched disciplinary proceedings
A statement from the BWF confirmed that all four pairs would face charges of 'not using one's best efforts to win a match' and 'conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport'.
A disciplinary hearing will be held with a decision announced in due course.
At present all four pairs are included in the order of play with their quarter-finals scheduled for the evening session.
All four pairs had already qualified for the last eight meaning that the only issues at stake were the final placings in the first-round group stage.
The fiasco began when Chinese top seeds Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang started to show little interest in beating Koreans Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na to finish top of Group A.
Coming second would have meant avoiding compatriots and second seeds Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei at least until the final.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181902/Disciplinary-proceedings-launched-badminton-doubles-descend-farce-Chinese-South-Koreans-attempt-lose.html#ixzz22HEFAk8e