Sandy thanks for the description of the match. My curiosity was aroused by a newspaper article and though I have enjoyed watching some Asian players in action I have yet to see an Olympic badminton match. While there is precedent for under performing in sports and some athletes believe in putting forth a full effort in every contest, some competitors will break rules to win, some will calculate how to win within the rules, I would think that the rules of the sport would encourage the best effort of the competitors at all times. When a sport is played before an audience, it would certainly be in the best interest of the game that all competitors made their best effort. In this case the athletes have been penalized. What about the IOC rule makers who created this situation?