Recently, some athletes of the Chinese badminton team who have just finished their all-England journey tested positive. In order to protect the health of athletes, the Chinese Badminton Association decided to withdraw from the Swiss Open Badminton Championships. However, on March 25, Kuniwa made matters worse.
On the afternoon of March 25, the BWF announced that four Chinese male doubles athletes, He Jiting/Tan Qiang, Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen, had not done their best to compete at the 2018 China (Fuzhou) Open, violating BWF Regulation 3.1.2 and were banned for three months with a two-year suspension. The suspension penalty went into effect on 25 January 2022 and was enforced from 25 January to 25 April 2024.
Subsequently, the Chinese Badminton Association issued a statement in response, saying that it respected this result, obeyed the punishment for violating the rules, and added internal punishment. In the future, the association will continue to strengthen the education and management of the team, carry out special learning, and ensure that athletes cherish every opportunity to compete.
He Jiting, Tan Qiang, Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen are four athletes who are world champions and the main players of the men's doubles in the Tokyo Olympic cycle. Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen also won the men's doubles runner-up at the Tokyo Olympics last year, and at the end of the year, Li Junhui announced his retirement due to injury, and Liu Yuchen changed partners.
This is not the first time that the men's doubles have been penalized for their attitude towards the game.
On November 5 last year, the Chinese Badminton Association announced that athletes Zhu Junhao and Zhang Binrong violated the BWF's Anti-Gambling and Manipulation of Match Results Law in international competitions in 2019, and the two were banned from participating in all badminton-related events and activities for two years from August 13, 2021.
What is more interesting is that in addition to the above six people, there is also a male doubles star Di Zijian who has ruined his future because he exposed himself to playing fake balls.
On February 10, a woman suspected of being Di Zijian's ex-girlfriend posted a number of WeChat chat screenshots on Weibo to report Di Zijian. In the chat record, Di Zijian revealed that he had deliberately lost in an international tournament. Henan's "Dahe Bao" official micro-reported the matter.
It is reported that this match occurred in the 2021 Danish Open, Di Zijian and partner Wang Chang participated in the men's doubles competition, the first set of the two lost a 6-21 disparity, and finally lost 0-2 to the Indonesian combination.
After this storm, Di Zijian did not participate in any competitions and disappeared.