A few days ago, the World Badminton Federation against the Chinese badminton team four male doubles athletes suspected of passive competition in the game, after investigation and evidence collection, finally announced the results of the treatment, He Jiting, Tan Qiang, Li Junhui (retired), Liu Yuchen four people were suspended for three months, starting from January 25, 2022, suspended for two years, during which if there is a repeat offense, the ban penalty will be immediately enforced. After that, the Chinese Badminton Association issued a statement at the same time, saying that it accepted the punishment of the Badminton Federation and imposed additional penalties on the relevant athletes.
Regarding the competition of the four athletes in the men's doubles, it took place at the China Open in Fuzhou in 2018, when the two Chinese duo met in the quarter-finals, and the "Twin Towers" combination Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen, as the No. 2 seed, played against He Jiting/Tan Qiang, who were suspected of not doing their best in the first set of the game, and were complained to the BWF by Danish athletes watching from the sidelines. Although in this game, the two pairs of national feathers played three sets, He Jiting/ Tan Qiang won 2-1 and eventually won the runner-up, but their situation in the game was recorded by the BWF.
At that time, after the game, Denmark's men's singles player Vitinhus posted on social media, directly attacking the Chinese badminton male doubles players for playing fake balls in the game, which was contrary to sportsmanship, and hoped that the BWF could give severe punishment. At the same time, Vittinghus also claimed that Chinese athletes used to do this often in competitions, which has become a common thing for them. Now, after the BWF announced the punishment results, Vittinghus came out again, he bluntly said that the BWF's punishment for Chinese badminton is too light, equivalent to no punishment, he is very disappointed!
Wittinghus said that he did not do his best in the game, and the negative game was to play a match-fixing, which violated the spirit of sportsmanship, sorry for the audience, and even more disrespectful to other opponents. It is gratifying that the BWF can punish Chinese athletes, but the punishment is too light and has almost no impact on them. In the eyes of the 36-year-old veteran, this behavior of Chinese badminton players has disgraced the sport of badminton, and he is personally quite disdainful of this behavior.