Olympic Badminton Controversy: 8 Women's Doubles Players Disqualified For Throwing Matches

Source: Huffington Post

LONDON -- Eight female badminton doubles players were disqualified Wednesday from the London Olympics after trying to lose matches to receive a more favorable place in the tournament.

The Badminton World Federation announced its ruling after investigating two teams from South Korea and one each from China and Indonesia. It punished them for "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" in matches Tuesday night.

"We applaud the federation for having taken swift and decisive action," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told The Associated Press. "Such behavior is incompatible with the Olympic values."

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This sounds like the right decision with the description of how they played, but if it's possible to do this to your benefit then they need to seriously look at how the badminton tournament is set up as there's a serious flaw.