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Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified

Indonesia and South Korea have launched an appeal after their badminton players were disqualifie...
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14.09 1 Aug 2012


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Eight Olympic badminton player...

Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified

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14.09 1 Aug 2012


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Indonesia and South Korea have launched an appeal after their badminton players were disqualified from London 2012.

8 female players were kicked out of the competition for unsporting conduct – after trying to lose matches in order to receive more favourable placing in the play-offs.

The Badminton World Federation investigated the players from China, South Korea and Indonesia finding them guilty of “not using best efforts to win a match”.

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Spectators booed as the players served into the net, hit shots long or wide and employed time-wasting tactics as they appeared to try to engineer themselves a better draw in the next round of the competition.

The referee seemed to warn all the players and then disqualified them but quickly reversed his decision.


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