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羽毛球——丹麦选手，她们以前也这样做'They're just good at acting normally'
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'They're just good at acting normally': Danish duo take aim at Chinese badminton
CHINESE badminton players, two of which are among the eight women disqualified from the Olympics for deliberately throwing matches to improve their draws, have been accused of manipulating competitions habitually in a sport the nation rules.
As women from the tainted doubles competition finished their quarter-finals, following the ejection of four South Korean, two Chinese and two Indonesian opponents ruled to have tanked their games, many spoke out angrily about the scourge of match manipulation that stands to severely damage badminton's reputation and threatens its Olympic existence. Of the many players who took aim at the badminton superpower of China after competition on Wednesday night, Danish duo Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen - who bowed out after losing a quarter final to Japan -were the most condemning.
‘‘I don’t know if it’s only China, but I have seen them do it before,’’ Juhl, a former world and European champion in the mixed doubles, said of the blatant match throwing that occurred on Tuesday night.
‘‘I think many of the other countries are thinking about doing the same, but it’s so far away from me that it’s difficult to understand. It’s more like a job for them. They work for the federation and for me it’s my life and my living, but I think they get paid from their federation.
‘‘They’re just good at acting normally. Normally they play a little bit more, or they can also just retire if they have an injury, but again they can play the week after.
"We have seen it so many times, but it seems there is nothing we can do about it because the big boss in China, he says 'You have to win, you have to lose'.
‘‘I get so sad every time I see it. All of us players are talking about it and now they did it again and it’s a big problem.
‘‘I think it has been like that for many years, actually, but especially in the Olympic year.
‘‘They can only play (properly) when it’s China against China in tournament. Then they can play like a real match.’’
Yu Chin Chien, who represented Taipei in the women’s doubles, said through an interpreter: ‘‘They should be disqualified, the Chinese players.
‘‘It definitely is a very bad image for the sport because even a political show in Taipei is discussing this issue.’’
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Meanwhile Juhl’s partner in the women’s doubles, Pedersen, said: ‘‘It’s difficult to be a part of. It’s difficult to be 100% focused because this has been a circus the last 24 hours and it’s unreal to be here and see four couples disqualified. It’s a big shame for the sport.
‘‘I really didn’t last to see what I saw last night when they played because I like my sport so much and I think almost every one of us likes the sport, but when people can do like they did yesterday it’s a shame because many people will see badminton every fourth year and what they will be talking about from this year probably will be the disqualified teams. Especially one of the best pairs in the world (China).
‘‘I think it’s the right decision to disqualify them because if they didn’t they will do it in a month or two again and it’s the right way to do it so we can have this away from our sport. On the other hand it’s difficult and unfair that some pairs were in the quarter finals today and they haven’t won not even a set.’’
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