[Sports Road News]The Badminton World Federation (BWF) issued a statement this afternoon, saying that four Chinese men’s doubles players Li Junhui, Liu Yuchen, Tan Qiang and He Jiting did not try their best at the Fuzhou Open in 2018, so they gave the four Punishment, including loss of the prize money for the game and a 3-month suspension, suspended for two years.
Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen, known as the “Twin Towers”, once ranked No. 1 in the men’s doubles world. They are also two-time world champions and silver medalists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Li Junhui will retire at the end of 2021. The pair had a controversial incident in 2018. When they met teammates Tan Qiang/He Jiting in the top 8 men’s doubles at the Fuzhou Open in November, the “Twin Towers” lost 15:21, 21:14, 19:21. However, after the game, Danish men’s singles player Hans-Kristian Vittinghus wrote on social media, pointing out that the two pairs served out of bounds many times in the first two games, and the first game ended after only 9 minutes. Instruct the “Fake Wave” to retain physical strength, so as to cope with other opponents in the best state in the subsequent games.
After more than 3 years, BWF finally announced today that it will punish 4 players for the match. BWF accused the 4 people of violating Article 3.1.2 of “Conjectures on Betting, Betting and Irregular Game Results” and failed to try their best to win the game, so the 4 people were suspended for 3 months and suspended for two years . If the four repeat offenses within two years from January 25, 2022, a three-month ban will take effect. The other four also lost a total of $14,437.50 in prize money. The BWF said the four could appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport within 21 days of being notified of the penalty decision, but the four did not appeal.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Badminton]The Chinese men’s doubles “water release” controversy was settled by the autumn after the 4 people were suspended for 3 months and suspended for two years」