I mean, it's easy for you to say all this. As they say, hindsight is 20/20. At that time during the Rio OG qualifying period, who had the prescience to know all this. Besides, didn't LXR sensationally capture the Olympic gold in resounding fashion. " Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." — Niels Bohr Edit: I mean, LOG'12 qualifying period.
Listen to yourself At that time during the Rio OG qualifying period, who had the prescience to know all this. Besides, didn't LXR sensationally capture the Olympic gold in resounding fashion. FACTS TO DIGEST HERE: 1) She WAS not one of the favourites to win 2) She DID NOT face any strong non-chinese opponents! All she did was beating a fledging Marin in group stage, young Tai Tzu Ying and Yip Pui Yin to advance to the semi final. Yip Pui Yin turns out to be the one giving her a hard time. 3) She benefited the most from all Chinese games. The rest cannot play without coaches instruction. 4) WX and WYH contributed the most by eliminating the true top favourites. LXR hardly did anything. She had easier opponents compared to all four halves. This is a fact. LYB's decision to screw over WSX and pick LXR did not really add much difference to their gold medal contention. LYB was simply overcome by paranoia and anxiety after watching and listening to Saina over-hyping herself as the greatest threat to the Chinese players. Whether WSX will do well or not if she was picked, it's irrelevant. The point is she should be there rightfully on the basis she was top 3 in world ranking. Another thing is BWF's stupid rules of allowing three players of the same nationalities if they occupy top four is something that should have been removed from the rules. By allowing such rules, you giving way to certain quarters to "fix matches" and ruin other players' careers. BWF is another one contributing factor to the mess.
