• Disqualified Chinese player Yu quits badminton for match fixing
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[img]http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tKaX.pWUr9voVHKcAhY1uQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MzYwO2NyPTE7Y3c9NjQwO2R4PTA7ZHk9MDtmaT11bGNyb3A7aD0zNTU7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_GB/Sports/Eurosport/870254-14678776-640-360.jpg[/img] [quote] Yu was among eight women's doubles players expelled from the Games on Wednesday. The others were team mate Wang Xiaoli, South Korean pairs Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na, and Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung, plus Greysia Polii and Meiliana Jauhari of Indonesia. "This is my last competition. Goodbye Badminton World Federation (BWF), goodbye my beloved badminton," Yu wrote on her Tencent microblog. "We ... only chose to use the rules to abandon the match. "This was only so as to be able to compete better in the second round of the knockout (stage). This is the first time the Olympics has changed the (event's format). Don't they understand the harm this has caused the athletes? "You have heartlessly shattered our dreams," said Yu. "It's that simple, not complicated at all. But this is unforgiveable." Yu and Wang were the top-seeded pair. The eight players were turfed out of the Olympics by the BWF for throwing matches in a bid to secure more favourable draws later in the tournament. The sight of four pairs deliberately easing off disgusted a crowd of 4,800 packed into Wembley Arena expecting to see the best of badminton's best. Instead the fans were treated with disdain as the Chinese, Korean and Indonesian players sprayed hopeless shots into the net and beyond the lines. Their antics were also beamed around the globe to a disbelieving audience. The Xinhua state news agency said Chinese officials were demanding their disgraced players make a public apology. "The delegation has already severely criticised and educated the responsible badminton leaders, team and relevant players and demanded they profoundly recognise the seriousness and the harmfulness of this matter, reflect deeply on it, publicly apologise and resolutely prevent such incidents from happening again," Xinhua quoted an unnamed spokesman as saying. Li Yongbo, chief coach of the Chinese badminton team, said the poor behaviour of his players reflected the shortcomings of the new regulations in the sport. "I feel that no matter whether it is the rules or something else, that's no excuse," said Li. "The key point is we did not behave professionally as athletes and did not treat each match seriously. "We didn't strive with all our might in the Olympic way. From that point of view we really didn't grasp this point thoroughly ... as chief coach I really feel I must say sorry to fans and viewers nationwide," Li told Xinhua. The issue has generated heated debate on Chinese microblogs. While some people said the players deserved to be thrown out, others expressed sympathy. "They should certainly be punished but the burden should not fall on those two players. The trainer was the mastermind behind this. The players are only scapegoats," wrote one user on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo.[/quote] [url]http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/disqualified-chinese-player-yu-quits-badminton-045549702.html[/url] I'll be pretty pissed if I watched it.
Me?
I'm perfectly fine with the ruling. If you're able to get into the olympics you had better play your best every match. Throwing matches is just wrong.
[t]http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tKaX.pWUr9voVHKcAhY1uQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MzYwO2NyPTE7Y3c9NjQwO2R4PTA7ZHk9MDtmaT11bGNyb3A7aD0zNTU7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_GB/Sports/Eurosport/870254-14678776-640-360.jpg[/t] Serious fucking business, ya'll
Hehe, Yu. Reminds me of that Rush Hour scene.
[QUOTE=tratzzz;37052133]Hehe, Yu. Reminds me of that Rush Hour scene.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;dU4lYcN6zEY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU4lYcN6zEY[/video]
[QUOTE=Raidyr;37052650][video=youtube;dU4lYcN6zEY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU4lYcN6zEY[/video][/QUOTE] [video=youtube;vj1SyWntdo4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj1SyWntdo4[/video]
[QUOTE=TestECull;37052061]I'm perfectly fine with the ruling. If you're able to get into the olympics you had better play your best every match. Throwing matches is just wrong.[/QUOTE] I actually prefer the solution that fixes the system. Teams shouldn't be put in a position were losing is more favourable in the long run.
I guess they were BAD at the sport. /:v:\ [SP]I guess i'm bad at jokes[/SP]
Wait. A bunch of pairs aren't happy with the way things have changed so they purposely lose their matches in protest, they get caught and disqualified and now they're acting like THEY'RE the victims? Fuck you. My sincere apologies for misreading, thank you raccoon2112 for correcting me.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;37053894]Wait. A bunch of pairs aren't happy with the way things have changed so they purposely lose their matches in protest, they get caught and disqualified and now they're acting like THEY'RE the victims? Fuck you.[/QUOTE] Way to read the article. They played poorly because losing would get them into better brackets later on in the tournament.
[QUOTE=raccoon2112;37053944]Way to read the article. They played poorly because losing would get them into better brackets later on in the tournament.[/QUOTE] It's still a big load of bullshit that some of them are complaining for being thrown out. It's like robbing a store and complaining about getting arrested. Also: [quote]"They should certainly be punished but the burden should not fall on those two players. The trainer was the mastermind behind this. The players are only scapegoats," wrote one user on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo.[/quote] How are the players 'only scapegoats' if they ultimately create the results? Jesus, you always have people defending the dumbest shit.
I was just watching Olympic Cycling and the Chinese team won by literally .020 seconds and they come back after the commercial break and knock them down to a silver medal from gold for an illegal move.
I understand the ruling and all, but I think the Olympics needs to find a better system then. They didn't break any immediate rules (Unless there are some I'm unaware of), they just tried to play the smarter game. Yes, it's rather underhanded of them, but so much pressure on the world stage I think most athletes would choose to take the smarter, even if more 'cheap', way to victory. I don't support the ruling or what the players did, I think the system was poorly made if losing gives you an advantage.
The Olympics, international dick waving only to find out they are made of papier-mâché.
If you can improve your chances of winning by playing badly, the way they are holding the competition is broken. That shouldn't happen. I'm not saying that the players are blameless, but they should've never been put in a situation where the most tactical thing to do was to lose, and that's the fault of the organizers.
[QUOTE=Negrul1;37058136]If you can improve your chances of winning by playing badly, the way they are holding the competition is broken. That shouldn't happen. I'm not saying that the players are blameless, but they should've never been put in a situation where the most tactical thing to do was to lose, and that's the fault of the organizers.[/QUOTE]This, fucking this!
[QUOTE=Negrul1;37058136]If you can improve your chances of winning by playing badly, the way they are holding the competition is broken. That shouldn't happen. I'm not saying that the players are blameless, but they should've never been put in a situation where the most tactical thing to do was to lose, and that's the fault of the organizers.[/QUOTE] If they were unhappy with the way the competition was being played, then maybe they shouldn't have fucking gone to the competition. If the system is broken, protest it, don't agree to abide by it and then make a mockery of it. If teams protested, then the Olympic organizers would look at the situation and amend it as necessary. They agreed to go to the Olympics and give it their all and instead they attempted to do exactly the opposite.
[QUOTE=Kinversulath;37060772]maybe they shouldn't have fucking gone to the competition.[/QUOTE] It's the Olympics, broken or not you can't turn down an opportunity like that.
been watching much of the olympics the past few days and many of the systems appear to be broken. in the men's 77kg weightlifting category Lu Xiaojun of China was not allowed an attempt of breaking his world record of 175kg because of some paperwork. spectators were cheering when he came on to the stage to attempt 177kg but he was pulled off and we then had to wait 10 minutes for the next event to be set up. a real disappointment because I had been up late to watch that monster of a man smash his own record but in the end he was prevented from doing so. and also in the cycling there are so many complications that prevent the winner from actually winning. it is so clear that one of the teams was ahead but because 'they had their front wheel too far behind' or an 'illegal move' the result was reversed causing huge upsets. then again I don't really know much about the cycling but this here with the chinese badminton players is purely pathetic. if athletes don't put their heart into the games because they know they can somehow play the rules then they deserve it when it comes back to bite them in the ass. but I also agree, couldn't this be prevented somehow?
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