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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
There is a difference between saving yourself for the next match and deliberately trying to lose. The latter is completely unforgivable from a competitive standpoint as it brings the sport into disrepute. The only things I would consider more serious as infractions are betting on your match and doping.
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I'm not sure I get the whole situation.
The Chinese pair were throwing the match so they could finish not at the top of their group. This way, they don't have to face the other Chinese team until the Gold medal match.
So the Koreans tried to lose first to make the Chinese play each other earlier. But then both pairs of Koreans started to do this and Indonesia got involved?
Why would the Indonesians want to throw their match against Korea?
And shouldn't the Koreans have protested the match as soon as China started to lose purposefully?
From the article it sounded like many teams approached the organizers before and mentioned this would be a problem.