AUG 3 — Eight badminton players were disqualified from the London Olympics for trying to throw their matches.
Similar match-throwing practices reflected that the participating countries, coaches and players have distorted the Olympic spirit of fair competition in the pursuit of medals.
It is a great honour for participating countries to win Olympic medals. In addition to showing the world that they are not weak, it also carries a political effect in anesthetising the people’s nerves. Therefore, they do everything possible to get a medal.
For example, Singapore relied on China-born Feng Tianwei to win its first women’s individual table tennis Olympic medal in 52 years. Full story
