4 National Badminton players banned by BWF for negative competition

4 National Badminton players banned by BWF for negative competition

2022-03-26 18:27:28Source: Xi’an News Network

The Badminton World Federation announced on its official website on March 25 that four players of the Chinese badminton team were banned globally for negative competition. The Chinese Badminton Association also issued a statement later that while obeying this decision, additional internal penalties will be imposed.

The four players punished this time, He Jiting, Tan Qiang, Liu Yuchen, and Li Junhui, will be suspended for 3 months and confiscated because they violated BWF Article 3.1.2 by playing passively in the 2018 Fuzhou Open. The prize money won at the time. The penalty will take effect on January 25, 2022, with a 2-year suspension of execution, that is, from January 25 to April 25, 2024. Among the four players, Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen partnered to participate in the Tokyo Olympics last year and won the silver medal in the men’s doubles event. At present, Li Junhui has retired, Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi have formed a new partner, and He Jiting and Tan Qiang have partnered in men’s doubles.

The Badminton Association of China also responded publicly to the BWF’s decision: “The Badminton Association of China has received a complaint from the Badminton World Federation that four men’s doubles athletes did not give their best at the 2018 China (Fuzhou) Open. The result of the ruling. The Chinese Badminton Association respects this result, obeys the punishment of the players who violated the rules, and imposes additional internal punishments. The association will continue to strengthen the education and management of the team in the future, carry out special learning, and ensure that the players cherish every opportunity to compete.”

Yan Bin, chief reporter of Xi’an Newspaper Omnimedia