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8 badminton players tossed from Olympic doubles

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Skubishack

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Posted: Aug. 1, 2012 - 10:25 AM ET #1

... for trying to lose on purpose to get a better seed in the new round robin format.

Just as bad as fixing games.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/8-badminton-players-tossed-from-Olympic-doubles-3752199.php

nwcrazy

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Posted: Aug. 1, 2012 - 2:51 PM ET #2

Quote Originally Posted by packersbackers:

Seriously though, this shit happens all the time in round robins of any sport,,,this could literally happen in every major soccer event if one team is guaranteed top spot in their pool and can literally choose which scenario they want to have for a specific team to advance or be eliminated,,,it's all about eliminating the toughest direct competitor in your path to the gold...

I agree the way these women made it so obvious by netting all their services,,,but they are Asian athletes, not Bollywood actresses.

In my eyes, this is a common practice in sport,,,just don't make it look so obvious

Agreed.

The problem now is that some of the BEST players aren't playing.

chuckdaduck

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Posted: Aug. 2, 2012 - 3:34 PM ET #3

this will all be fixed next olympics make everything a single elimination tournament and teams will be forced to try their best, the ioc needs to take blame on this not just the players

pie11

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Posted: Aug. 2, 2012 - 6:11 PM ET #4

I agree the way these women made it so obvious by netting all their services,,,but they are Asian athletes, not Bollywood actresses.

In my eyes, this is a common practice in sport,,,just don't make it look so obvious

this wasn't the case in this particular case. they blew the match so they wouldn't have to play their compatriots in the semi's

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