david14700
Regular Member
IBF Inquiry into Gao Ling/Huang Sui
I've read that the IBF is investigating Gao Ling and Huang Sui for the semi-final match against Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen at the World Championships.
The second game only took 11 minutes and finished 15-3. The heads of several other countries' teams and a secretary at the IBF accused the Chinese team of match-fixing.
Anyone heard any more about this?
Personally, I don't think there's anything you can do about it. If a coach wants to tell his weaker pair to let his strongest pair have an easy game, surely that's his right. It's not very sporting, but it's not illegal is it? And how can you ever really prove that a pair lost on purpose?
I saw a Gong Ruina match in which she beat a Greek player 11-0, 11-0, taking only 4 minutes per game. If that had been against a Chinese opponent, would Gong be in a whole heap of trouble now?
I've read that the IBF is investigating Gao Ling and Huang Sui for the semi-final match against Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen at the World Championships.
The second game only took 11 minutes and finished 15-3. The heads of several other countries' teams and a secretary at the IBF accused the Chinese team of match-fixing.
Anyone heard any more about this?
Personally, I don't think there's anything you can do about it. If a coach wants to tell his weaker pair to let his strongest pair have an easy game, surely that's his right. It's not very sporting, but it's not illegal is it? And how can you ever really prove that a pair lost on purpose?
I saw a Gong Ruina match in which she beat a Greek player 11-0, 11-0, taking only 4 minutes per game. If that had been against a Chinese opponent, would Gong be in a whole heap of trouble now?