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Indonesian Badminton Association Ends Ban on Pair Accused of Throwing Olympic Match |
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Badminton - 05 Nov 2012 - The PBSI, the Indonesian badminton association, has lifted a ban on a women’s doubles pair who were among eight players sensationally kicked out of this summer’s Olympic Games in London for ‘throwing’ matches.
Greysia Polii and Meiliana Jauhari were reinstated after serving a three-match ban, revised downwards from the original four months.
The pair were expelled from the Olympics after the Badminton World Federation, the sport’s world governing body, concluded that they, two pairs of players from South Korea and one pair from China had attempted to throw matches at Wembley Arena in order to avoid meeting more difficult opponents later in the competition.
While China accepted the decision against its players, both Indonesia and Korea initially lodged appeals with the BWF. However, Indonesia later withdrew its appeal, while Korea's was rejected.
Badminton at the Olympic Games had traditionally consisted of a straight knock-out tournament but the International Olympic Committee said that it had accepted the BWF's request to move to a round-robin format for London 2012 so that the world's best players could be seen more frequently by spectators.
The round-robin format does, however, lead to dead rubber matches, and the temptation to manipulate the draw, prompting Indonesia to call for a review of the sport's Olympic format.
Sportcal
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