Badminton to study tourney format

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  1. truebluefan

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    The format of Olympic badminton will be reviewed to avoid a repeat of the match-throwing scandal that blighted the London Games, but the governing body of the sport said Sunday no changes were guaranteed.

    Thomas Lund, general secretary of the Badminton World Federation, said a full tournament evaluation will be presented at a federation meeting in November, including a report on the debut of group play in London.

    Four women's doubles pairs -- the gold medal favorites from China, plus two from South Korea and one from Indonesia -- took advantage of the format by trying to lose group matches to give themselves easier quarterfinal matchups. They were disqualified.

    Read more: http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/...lympics-badminton-mull-format-changes-scandal
     
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    Good to hear, this should never have happened. Format changes are required.
     

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