Eight Badminton players disqualified

For the sake of chasing the medal, this tactic is such a disgrace to the spirit of Olympics.

There is also question on why the organizing committee proposed for such format in the beginning that allowed for abuse?

Badminton players thrown out

By Mike Collett-White and Ian Ransom

LONDON (Reuters) - Eight women badminton players were disqualified from the Olympics on Wednesday for deliberately trying to lose and manipulate the draw, angering fans and fellow athletes who said they undermined the spirit of the Games.

National euphoria was tempered by Tuesday night's farcical events, however, when at Wembley Arena in London the crowd shouted abuse at badminton players who deliberately sprayed shots and duffed serves.

Four doubles pairs from China, South Korea and Indonesia were disqualified following a formal disciplinary hearing by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). An appeal by the South Koreans and Indonesians was turned down.

The players involved were China's world champions Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, Indonesia's Greysia Polii and Meiliana Jauhari and two South Korean pairs - Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na, and Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung.

Several players and coaches pointed the finger of blame at the Chinese team for creating the scandal.

"I can say China has played dirty," said Poland's Korean head coach Young Man Kim. "They fixed the matches, that's why everything is messy here."

Players also slammed the BWF for instituting a format that was ripe for manipulation.

"Why would the tournament rules people have (a format) like this?" men's singles world number one Lin Dan told reporters. "If they just had a knockout round it would all be fine. You lose and that's it," the Chinese added.

Source: The Star