Disqualifications In Ladies Badminton Doubles
By Artemeis
@artemeis (4189)
China
August 1, 2012 10:52am CST
I am really shocked and sad to learn that my country's both ladies doubles team had been disqualified along with teams from South Korea and Indonesia for trying to throw their matches.
I don't know what's on their minds including the coaches to ever come to this shameful act. You can literally see them intentionally throwing their match by serving into the net and no effort retrieval of the serves or returns. The whole stadium was already sounding their displeasure and referees had stepped in. Yet, they (participants) were actually defiant.
I have to say shamefully that this is a first for me and the players deserved to be disqualified. I hope the various Olympics committee of each country including mine will deal harshly with these competitors and ban them from further competitions. The coaches will equally need to be punished for their indifference and unsportsmanlike conduct with their charges. They are unfit to coach and their charges unfit to play in further competitions.
It is a sad day for true sportsmanship and competition.
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4 responses
@Pavan_m01 (115)
• India
13 Aug 12
Indeed this is a shamefull act by these Players. Thet should have tried for the win. But I will put the blame on the Oraganisers rather than the players. May be the schedule was not proper. They should have scheduled the next round matches in such a way that If player finish on top in the group then he will play weaker opponent. For example If there are 2 groups of 3 teams and 2 teams from each group qualifies then next should be like Topper in Group 1 V/s Runner up in Group in another group. This Kind of or some other better type of scheduling would have been made the competation successfull
@moneywinner (1863)
• Brazil
5 Aug 12
I think this is very shameful. I didn't saw the match, but I heard that the both teams were trying to lose, so, I could imagine how the game was boring. I think they were right in the decision of excluding the teams of the competition, but they also should rethink about the preliminary rounds, just like volleyball. Now, the 2nd and 3rd place are going to be raffled to avoid what happened in badminton.
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@artemeis (4189)
• China
10 Aug 12
It is indeed sad and shameful for this to have happened. Such a deed just undermine the spirit of sportsmanship and disregard the spectators who paid an arm and a leg to turn up and watch them play. Not forgetting, the world who was watching them on television.
@suzzy3 (8341)
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1 Aug 12
What a terrible thing to do.What a terrible way to treat the good people of your nations.I looked on in disbelief how anyone could do that,throw a game infront of the world.They should be punished for that act of shame.My heart goes out to you for the embarrasment these woman have caused you.
@artemeis (4189)
• China
2 Aug 12
Terrible indeed! I was so ashamed by the scandal even as a spectator where I lost total respect for the entire team from coaching staffs to the players involved.
What were they thinking of there? I am really anxious to know my country's investigation findings. Sadly, I have to agree to a severe punishment to all the players - life ban even. In the name of justice, I have no qualms on this one where it will be a good reminder for all future competitions.
@monkmano (585)
• Canada
2 Aug 12
This is despicable, athletes train so hard for so long wanting to obtain these spots. It makes me wonder if some of these pairs were paid off to throw their matches, otherwise what explaination would they have an athlete would cheat to win but to lose makes absolutely no sense! and 3 different countries?? seems fishy to me. also i agree they should be banned it is a slap in the face of what the olympics mean and an insult to the other athletes that worked for it.
@artemeis (4189)
• China
10 Aug 12
Actually, the reason for throwing the match for the Chinese was so that they do not have to face each other during the semifinals. Whereas, the Indonesians and South Koreans were so that they do not face the strong favorites of the competition - the Chinese. I felt that they were overwhelmed with the odds from the new rules of the Games for the competition.
Still, there's no excuse for what they had done and that the Games committee had done the right thing. However, I feel that the organizers should be partially responsible for this fracas. The format should be one of a knockout format where no qualified parties could be guaranteed of a place in the medal competition.
