Olympic officials on Thursday demanded that a more in-depth investigation be conducted into the badminton fixing scandal.
International Olympic Committee spokesperson Mark Adams told USA Today that the Badminton World Federation should “look into the entourage issue just to see if there any questions to be answered.” He sent a “clear message that, if this happens again, action will be taken,” Adams told the newspaper.
China’s coach took the blame for a match that was thrown but the IOCommittee says it wants coaches, trainers, and others involved in the four doubles pairs suspected of fixing to be punished. The eight players involved were disqualified.
“We didn’t take each competition seriously and follow the Olympic spirit of ‘higher, faster and stronger’ as professional athletes,” China’s badminton coach Li Yongbo said, according to The Associated Press, citing Chinese television. He said, “It’s me to blame.”
Yu Yang, who is the defending Olympic champion, said she is retiring from badminton over the debacle. “Farewell Badminton World Federation. Farewell my dear badminton,” she said via the Tencent microblogging website, according to AP.
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