BWF President - Badminton needs a good Olympics in Rio

 In 2012 four doubles teams were ejected from the tournament by the BWF for playing to lose, in order to receive more favourable draws in the knock-out round. The President of the Badminton World Federation Poul Erik Høyer Larsen has admitted his sport needs a successful Olympics in Rio to banish the memories of the events in London

Larsen admitted that the negative press surrounding the incident means the BWF needs Rio to go well.

"It's a very important Olympics for badminton. We want to present the credibility, as I see our sport. We had an incident in London in 2012, where there was some ladies doubles that were more or less playing backwards. We were looking at the TV.... We measured it, and it was the same speed as in 1972. It was not a good sight, it was not a good feeling, and it was an embarrassment. So I really want to show that this was the past, that we have sorted it out, that it won't happen again. We will see matches that are fair, without any fixed games, it will be the real deal."