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BWF ruling: a boon or bane for shuttlers? | Scoop
Germany’s Mark Lamsfuss has withdrawn from Paris 2024 due to injury, and his opening men’s doubles match has been deleted. – badminton.de pic, July 29, 2024
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BWF ruling: a boon or bane for shuttlers?

Fans urge review of badminton body’s regulations on deleting their matches after injured players withdraw 

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Fabian Peter
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4:39 PM MYT

 

KUALA LUMPUR – Understandably, injuries are unavoidable in sports, especially on a huge stage like the Olympics.

However, under the Badminton World Federation (BWF) general competition regulations for group stage play, the results of all matches played, or yet to be played (involving players or pairs who have withdrawn due to injuries), are considered deleted.

This could be a boon or bane for certain quarters.

On Monday, the BWF announced that German men’s doubles player Mark Lamsfuss had withdrawn from the Paris Olympics due to a knee injury.

For the record, Lamsfuss and his partner Marvin Seidel had already lost their opening Group C tie to Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto 21-13, 21-17 on Saturday.

The other two pairs in Group C are India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, and France’s Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar.

Meanwhile, Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon, the men’s singles semi-finalist from the Tokyo Olympics, also withdrew from the Games with a left elbow injury.

Cordon had already lost his first Group L match to India’s Lakshya Sen on Saturday 21-8, 22-20.

The others in Group L are Indonesia’s world number three Jonatan Christie and Belgium’s Julien Carraggi.

Unlike the men’s doubles, where two pairs from each of the groups, A to D, will advance to the quarter-finals, in singles, only the group winners will qualify for the round of 16.

While this predicament does not directly involve any of the Malaysian players or pairs competing, badminton critics and fans are demanding a review of the regulations.

One Indonesian badminton fan on X, Putra Tegar, said: “From a psychological point of view, it doesn’t benefit Fajar and Alfian, although things are much simpler now as they only need a win against Corvee and Labar to qualify.

“In certain situations, this ruling can be a huge loss for a player or pair.

“Take Group A of the women’s doubles, for example, where two matches have already been played.

“Let’s just say Japan’s Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara withdraw now; then Malaysia’s Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah would be at a huge disadvantage because their win against the Japanese will be deleted.

“How will that be fair to them?”

For now, things remain the same, as the group stages continue at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena in Paris.

For the record, since badminton became a medal sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games, Malaysian shuttlers have won a total of nine medals: six silvers and three bronze. – July 29, 2024

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