LONDON (AP) — The IOC is asking the Chinese, South Korean and Indonesian national Olympic committees to investigate the coaches of the badminton players who were disqualified for trying to lose matches. IOC spokesman Mark Adams says "we have asked the NOCs to look into the entourage issue" to determine whether team coaches, trainers or officials should also be punished. Four women's doubles teams were kicked out of the competition Wednesday after playing badly in pool matches to secure a more favorable draw in the next round. Adams says the national committees are in the process of taking away the players' accreditations, removing them from the athletes village and sending them home. He says he hopes a"line has been drawn" under the matter.
IOC asks for probe of badminton coaches, officials
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China's Yu Yang, left, and Wang Xiaoli talk while playing against Jung Kyun-eun and Kim Ha-na, of South Korea, in a women's doubles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. World doubles champions Wang and Yu, and their South Korean opponents were booed loudly at the Olympics on Tuesday for appearing to try and lose their group match to earn an easier draw. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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Chief Operating Officer Thomas Lund, right, and Deputy President Paisan Rangsikitpho, of the Badminton World Federation, appear during a news conference announcing the elimination of eight female badminton doubles players at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. The Badminton World Federation announced its ruling after investigating two teams from South Korea and one each from China and Indonesia. It punished them for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" in matches Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Chief Operating Officer Thomas Lund, of the Badminton World Federation, speaks during a news conference announcing the elimination of eight female badminton doubles players at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. The Badminton World Federation announced its ruling after investigating two teams from South Korea and one each from China and Indonesia. It punished them for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" in matches Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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