Mereka ni sengaja bermain utk kalah.. both teams dengan sengaja dok servis ke arah net... kenapa? here is why...
Eight women's doubles badminton players from China, South Korea, and Indonesia were disqualified today after throwing matches in order to manipulate future match-ups.
After the four women's pairs had qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament, they began intentionally losing games in order to dictate a more favorable match-up in the next round.
The disqualified players included the world champions from China — Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, as well as the bronze-medal favorites Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min Jung of South Korea.
So why in the world would they lose on purpose?
Basically, they wanted to avoid playing the 2nd best team in the world in the quarterfinals.
In Olympic badminton, there is a preliminary stage followed by a knockout stage. In the prelim stage, the teams are divided into four, four-team groups and play a round-robin. The top two teams from each group advance to an eight-team, bracket-style knockout tournament. In that knockout tournament, the team that came in 1st in Group A plays the team that came in 2nd in Group B, and so on.
The reason the pairs started losing games in the first place was that the second-best team in the world (Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei of China) were upset in their group stage and came in 2nd instead of 1st. As a result, Wang/Yu and Ha/Kim tried to lose on purpose so they wouldn't win their group and have to play Tian/Zhao in the next round.
The same thing happened with the other two pairs that were DQ'd.
Ironically, the favorites to win gold now are China's Tian/Zhao, who inadvertently started this whole controversy.
The decision was made by the Badminton World Federation, and welcomed by the IOC. Here's what IOC vice president told the AP about the decision:
"Sport is competitive. If you lose the competitive element, then the whole thing becomes nonsense. You cannot allow a player to abuse the tournament like that, and not take firm action. So good on them."
Indonesia, which is appealing the decision, is calling out China for being serial cheaters. Here's what Indonesia Olympic team head Erick Thohir told the AP:
"China has been doing this so many times and they never get sanctioned by the BWF. On the first game yesterday when China did it, the BWF didn't do anything. If the BWF do something on the first game and they say you are disqualified, it is a warning for everyone."
Olimpik 2012 : Skandal Acara Badminton Memalukan Dunia
LONDON, 2 Ogos - Lapan pemain badminton wanita telah dibatalkan kemenangan dari Olimpik kerana didakwa dengan sengaja kalah dalam perlawanan yang berlangsung semalam oleh Lembaga Displin Persekutuan Badminton Sedunia (BWF).
Pemain yang terbabit adalah dari negara China, Korea Selatan dan Indonesia yang didakwa dengan sengaja kalah dalam perlawanan yang berlangsung semalam untuk bertemu dengan lawan yang lemah pada pusingan berikutnya.
Sepanjang perlawanan yang berlangsung semalam, para peminat sukan di stadium ini telah mengejek malah turut menerima amaran dari pengadil perlawanan. Keempat-empat pasangan negara ini telah didakwa tidak bermain dan telah memusnahkan semangat sukan Olimpik.
Pemain dari Indonesia dan Korea Selatan telah merayu keputusan yang dikenakan. BWF turut memberitahu keputusan terhadap rayuan ini akan diberitahu selewat-lewatnya malam ini, di London.
Sementara itu China tidak membantah keputusan yang dikeluarkan oleh BWF dan menegaskan akan melakukan siasatan dalaman terhadap tuduhan dan dakwaan yang dikenakan terhadap pemainnya.
Pasangan bergu dari kedua-dua negara ini didakwa kerana sengaja melakukan servis yang sering terkandas dijaring sehingga menimbulkan kemarahan para penyokong dan peminat setia sukan badminton.
Lapan pemain ini telah layak untuk peringkat suku akhir walaupun tewas dalam perlawanan terakhir peringkat kumpulan. Peminat sukan yang menyaksikan perlawanan ini semalam menyifatkan tragedi ini sebagai skandal yang memalukan sukan badminton dan Olimpik secara khusus.
Keputusan BWF ini telah menyebabkan pasangan nombor satu dunia dari China Wang Xiaoli dan Yu Yang disingkirkan dari menyertai pusingan seterusnya.
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