• Olympic female badminton players face charges for intentionally trying to suck
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[quote]The Badminton World Federation has charged eight female Olympic doubles players with "not using one's best efforts to win a match". Four pairs of players - two from South Korea, one from China and one from Indonesia - could be disciplined. Meanwhile, Team GB's gold medal hopes on day five of the Games lie mainly with rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, and cyclist Bradley Wiggins. And America's Michael Phelps has won a record 19th Olympic medal. Spectators booed the two badminton matches played at Wembley Arena on Tuesday, in which the four accused pairs of players were appearing. China's Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli and South Koreans Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na are among those facing charges. The longest rally in their game lasted four shots, with match referee Thorsten Berg coming on to court at one point to warn the players. The players also appeared to deliberately serve into the net and hit the shuttlecock out of the court. Both pairs were already through to the quarter-finals. Reports have suggested they both wanted to lose to secure an easier draw. The unseeded South Koreans eventually won their match, meaning they would next play China's Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei. The South Korean pair did not comment, but Yu said she and Wang were saving energy for the knockout stages. Meanwhile, China's Olympic sports delegation launched an investigation into the alleged "deliberate losing" by its badminton players, saying it opposed any behaviour violating "sporting spirit and morality", as reported by state media. A later match between South Korean third seeds Ha Jung-Eun and Kim Min-Jung and Indonesian pair Meiliana Juahari and Greysia Polii is also under scrutiny by the Badminton World Federation. Both pairs of those teams had also already qualified for the knockout stages, with the winner of Group C to play Yu and Wang and the Korean pairs to face each other if Ha and Kim lost. At one point the referee, Berg, again intervened and brandished a black card to disqualify the players. However, he then rescinded his decision following protests from the two teams. Both teams appeared keen to lose and therefore not play the Chinese in the next round, but the Koreans eventually won by two sets to one. 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".[/quote] [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19074013]*BEEB*[/url] None of the teams deserve gold if they try to pull this shit.
Why badminton is part of the Olympic's is beyond me.
videos of the matches? for all we know they really could have been conserving energy.
It would [I]suck[/I] if they said that and the players were actually trying to win.
God imagine buying tickets to that match. The booing from the crowd said it all really.
I'm not entirely sure why, but I think they're doing it so that weaker plays end up in the finals, bumping out stronger players. Making it easier in the long run for them
[QUOTE=TheJoker;37030670]Why badminton is part of the Olympic's is beyond me.[/QUOTE] It's a pretty intense sport imo. But if you haven't played it then I guess it wouldn't be interesting. Unlike Tennis which is a thrill to watch even if you haven't played.
[QUOTE=AK'z;37031247]It's a pretty intense sport imo. But if you haven't played it then I guess it wouldn't be interesting. Unlike Tennis which is a thrill to watch even if you haven't played.[/QUOTE] Tennis would bore me.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;37031283]Tennis would bore me.[/QUOTE] I dunno, I like to watch Cricket.. so maybe my arguement would be invalid here :-) [editline]1st August 2012[/editline] handball seems pretty pointless, why can't they simply just ram themselves into the goal?
Badminton's an intense sport. I remember I spiked the shuttlecock and hit my friend in the face and knocked him out with the racket all in one move.
[QUOTE=TheJoker;37030670]Why badminton is part of the Olympic's is beyond me.[/QUOTE] I think Water Polo is more silly. [img]http://olympicwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/gallery1.jpg[/img] Olympic sport, or family fun day at the pool?
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;37031283]Tennis would bore me.[/QUOTE] "all sports are boring, why do they even exist? now excuse me while i get to the real sport, mlg gaming."
[QUOTE=yawmwen;37031458]I think Water Polo is more silly. [img]http://olympicwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/gallery1.jpg[/img] Olympic sport, or family fun day at the pool?[/QUOTE] Now that is a hard as hell sport.
[QUOTE=download;37031022]I'm not entirely sure why, but I think they're doing it so that weaker plays end up in the finals, bumping out stronger players. Making it easier in the long run for them[/QUOTE] If they don't want to do it, then why are they there?
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072677[/url] Has a video for those who can view it, that was really poor form from watching that.
[QUOTE=Grimezy15;37031517][url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072677[/url] Has a video for those who can view it, that was really poor form from watching that.[/QUOTE] that's such bullshit, even I can fake playing bad better. :v:
It shouldnt be "players MAY be charged" both teams should be disqualified
[QUOTE=Harry3;37031575] [B]both teams[/B] should be disqualified[/QUOTE] The video suggests only China were being awful.
It reminds me of the time Apolo and another racer just glided around the track for a few laps without racing one another. It was funny because the commentators and crowd were angry and confused and the camera would just show the two were laughing and smiling.
Badminton is my second favorite sport.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;37031458]I think Water Polo is more silly. [img]http://olympicwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/gallery1.jpg[/img] Olympic sport, or family fun day at the pool?[/QUOTE] You do know that waterpolo is 1.5 hours of constant swimming mixed with ample amounts of kicking the shit out of eachother underwater? From what I know, it's a hard sport.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;37031479]Now that is a hard as hell sport.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Géza!;37031677]You do know that waterpolo is 1.5 hours of constant swimming mixed with ample amounts of kicking the shit out of eachother underwater? From what I know, it's a hard sport.[/QUOTE] I'm not saying it's an easy sport, nor am I saying it has no merit as a sport. I'm saying it is silly as hell to watch because it looks like a bunch of people playing in a pool.
Both teams already in the quarter-finals, so there was literally no point in playing the match. They shouldn't be disciplined but maybe they shouldn't have floundered around on the pitch and done something more entertaining like lesbian sex on the court
[QUOTE=Géza!;37031677]You do know that waterpolo is 1.5 hours of constant swimming mixed with ample amounts of kicking the shit out of eachother underwater? From what I know, it's a hard sport.[/QUOTE] I used to be a pretty competent swimmer back in school and I tried this out once, even with a flotation device that shit is intense.
[QUOTE=AK'z;37031614]The video suggests only China were being awful.[/QUOTE] That was probably early on. Apparently China were doing it from the start, then SK joined in a little later.
[b]"Suck less you cunts! You're being intentionally shit!"[/b] [i]"We're trying our best :("[/i]
[QUOTE=yawmwen;37031458]I think Water Polo is more silly. [img]http://olympicwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/gallery1.jpg[/img] Olympic sport, or family fun day at the pool?[/QUOTE] That pool is pretty fucking deep.
Back in 1956, during a match between Hungary and the Soviet Union in Water Polo, the Hungarians beat the shit out of the Soviets so much, that the water had become pink.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072677[/url] Eight players have been disqualified
I remember a story about a wrestler that had to go down 3 times in a fight to get silver instead of bronze.
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