At 15:00 on November 5, the Chinese Badminton Association issued an "Announcement" on its official website, saying that the athletes Zhu Junhao and Zhang Binrong violated the BWF's "Anti-Gambling ball and Manipulation of Match Results Law" in the 2019 international competition, and the BWF has issued a fine: starting from August 13, 2021, the two are prohibited from participating in all related events and activities for two years.
The Chinese Badminton Association said that it fully supports the decision of the World Badminton Federation and imposes additional penalties on the two: Zhu Junhao and Zhang Binrong are disqualified from participating in the 14th National Games, and they are banned from participating in all the events and activities of the Chinese Badminton Association for two years.
The Chinese Badminton Association also stated that it is necessary to resolutely put an end to violations of laws and disciplines such as match-fixing, gambling balls, and manipulating games.
Zhu Junhao is a doubles player who represented Guo Yu in the 2016 China Badminton Masters. At the 2016 World Youth Championships, Zhu Junhao/Zhou Chaomin's mixed doubles reached the round of 16; in the 2018 National Badminton Championships, Zhu Junhao/Chen Cao entered the men's doubles final four; in March 2019, Zhu Junhao participated in the French Badminton Masters, and the mixed doubles and men's doubles stopped in the qualifiers.
Zhang Binrong competed in the China Lingshui Badminton Masters in March 2019, where he partnered Xu Hengyi and lost to Di Zijian/Wang Chang in the men's doubles 32-16 match.
Momota Kendou
In the world of badminton, there have long been cases of players involved in gambling, and they have paid a heavy price. Between October 2014 and January 2015, The current world number one men's singles player and Japanese star Kento Momota was taken to an illegal casino by his predecessor Kenichi Tian, losing about 500,000 yen (about 30,000 yuan) six times. In April 2016, the Japan Badminton Association severely punished Kento Momota for expulsion from the national team, non-sending him to the Rio Olympics, indefinite suspension and a fine of 1.8 million yuan.