Steroids. Underage competitors. Racist tweets. We’ve heard about a lot of scandalous goings-on at the Olympics, but this is the first time we’ve heard of players just…not…playing well…intentionally. Despite the fact it makes no sense whatsoever, apparently eight female badminton players got expelled from the Games today 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 non-athlete speak, it seems China’s Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, South Korea’s Jung Kyung Eun, Kim Ha Na, Ha Jung Eun and Kim Min Jung, and Indonesia’s Greysia Polii and Meiliana Jauhari were blowing matches on purpose. We know. It boggles the mind.
So why would a world-class athlete underperform at the biggest competition in the world? In order to improve their pick for the next round, apparently.
So why would a world-class athlete underperform at the biggest competition in the world? In order to improve their pick for the next round, apparently.
- 8/1/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
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