China’s Disqualified Badminton Players Criticized by State-Run Media

Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli, the Chinese badminton players who tried to lose a preliminary match at the Olympics on July 31, faced harsh criticism from their team and Chinese media after they were disqualified by the International Olympics Committee.
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China’s Disqualified Badminton Players Criticized by State-Run Media
Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli on July 28, 2012 in London, England. They faced harsh criticism from their team and Chinese media for throwing a match, but the choice was not theirs to have made.                             (Michael Regan/Getty Images)
8/6/2012
Updated:
10/1/2015
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