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Sheriff Roland:
Day Six
Table Tennis
Sheriff Roland:
Badminton scandal is a reminder of sport’s dark thread: cheating
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/badminton-scandal-is-a-reminder-of-sports-dark-thread-cheating/article4457025/
The crowd booed and jeered the badminton athletes. The spectators could see something wasn’t right. It was clear that some of the world’s best players were trying to lose at the Olympics.
On Wednesday, officials agreed with what fans saw. Eight women – a doubles teams from China, two from South Korea and one from Indonesia – were thrown out of the London Games for violating badminton’s code of conduct, “not using one’s best efforts to win a match” and play that undermined the sport.
In the long history of cheating at the Olympics, and in sports, the badminton scandal was an unusual twist. The ejected teams had, on Tuesday night in London, tried to purposefully lose matches at the end of a preliminary round to better position themselves in the playoffs for a medal. It was obvious, an ugly spectacle.
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***Indefensible! I heard that the players were told to lose on purpose by their national federations. Makes no difference. whether it's the playoffs or not, it's not in the Olympic spirit to lose on purpose.***
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Sheriff Roland on August 02, 2012, 04:56:02 am ---Badminton scandal is a reminder of sport’s dark thread: cheating
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/badminton-scandal-is-a-reminder-of-sports-dark-thread-cheating/article4457025/
The crowd booed and jeered the badminton athletes. The spectators could see something wasn’t right. It was clear that some of the world’s best players were trying to lose at the Olympics.
On Wednesday, officials agreed with what fans saw. Eight women – a doubles teams from China, two from South Korea and one from Indonesia – were thrown out of the London Games for violating badminton’s code of conduct, “not using one’s best efforts to win a match” and play that undermined the sport.
In the long history of cheating at the Olympics, and in sports, the badminton scandal was an unusual twist. The ejected teams had, on Tuesday night in London, tried to purposefully lose matches at the end of a preliminary round to better position themselves in the playoffs for a medal. It was obvious, an ugly spectacle.
...
***Indefensible! I heard that the players were told to lose on purpose by their national federations. Makes no difference. whether it's the playoffs or not, it's not in the Olympic spirit to lose on purpose.***
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And they aren't even Italian! ;) I just watched Canada vs Japan. Japan won but it was a pretty good match.
oilgun:
I just watched some boxing and fell in love with Great Britain's Anthony Ogogo:
oilgun:
Anthony Ogogo is very hot but I think Italy's Clemente Russo wins the title:
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