Olympic disqualifications.

[anobium]

Since when was tactics illegal in sport, it happens all the time doesn't it or an I being naive?
For example in the cycling how many really tried to win, in swimming one competitor said he came 3rd as it gave him a better lane position in the final.
I wont even start on football.

 

[breadnbutter]

becuase they were gaining an unfair advantage, might as well bin the medal if you win by cheating.

 

[alumni]

Weren't they also trying to fiddle it so they had both their teams in the final?

 

[Inky Pete]

Regardless of what goes on in any other sport, they broke the rules laid down in their own.

Rule 4.5 requires a player to use "one's best efforts to win a match". Match, not tournament.

They plainly didn't. So they were disqualified.[/u]

 

[anobium]

Not withstanding the rules (which I must confess I dont know to well) the only thing I think they were guilty of was being to blatant in their desire not to win.
Clearly they have not practiced this aspect of sport as much as others have.
Sky news reports that some competitors in the games think that the disqualification was unfair on the grounds of tactics.

 

[joe-90]

The difference was that BOTH teams wanted to lose. If just one wanted to lose they'd simply lose the odd decisive point here and there.

 

[alumni]

Tactics and rules are not always mutually compatible.
The referee at the time should have had the ****** to make the right decision when he intervened.

 

[breadnbutter]

you use tactics to win the match,not lose, if you want to be the best then you gota beat the best. otherwise whats the point.

 

[securespark]

Weren't they also trying to fiddle it so they had both their teams in the final?

I thought they were trying to play it so both teams did not end up facing each other in the final. Or have I got that wring?

To anobium:

AFAICT, tictacs have never been illegal in sport. It might not be wise to suck them while playing in case of choking but illegal, no.

 

[pred]

And there is more!!

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2012/08/01/popeye-takes-weightlifting-gold-amid-doping-claims/

 

[mysteryman]

Playing to lose is not playing the game. People should be honest, considerate, kind, and generous to each other at all times, and be magnanimous in defeat.

 

[AronSearle]

I don't see anything wrong with it.

But then I didn't pay £100s for a ticket.

 

[kjacko]

Of all the sporting platforms to pull a stunt like that, the Olympics was the wrong choice. It is supposed to epitomise sporting endeavour, excellence and spirit.

To me it says that those who got DQ'd didn't have enough confidence in themselves to be able beat every other team, so they cheated to avoid the big boys.
IF they had the confidence then they'd face anyone at any time, simples!

Glad they got the boot.

 

[anobium]

OK by and large I accept most of the replies to my OP, but is the following any different, in my book this is worse, its cheating, no different than a footballer diving.
The thing that in my opinion makes it worse is that they had planned for it prior to the event, whoops sorry I've just realised our team captain is a knight of the realm.

The British team was allowed to restart the qualifier after German-born Philip Hindes crashed seconds into the race.
Hindes, 19, suggested the crash was part of a deliberate ploy because the British team had made a poor start.
He said after winning gold: 'We were saying if we have a bad start, we need to crash to get a restart. I just crashed, I did it on purpose to get a restart, just to have the fastest ride. I did it. So it was all planned, really.'
Last night British Cycling categorically denied the fall was any part of a plan and said Hindes's comments were 'lost in translation' from a man who began learning English only after moving to Manchester from his native Germany two years ago.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rave-FIFTH-Olympic-triumph.html#ixzz22Tc61Ftt

 

[joinerjohn]

Yeah, but,, No, but,, Yeah, but,,, Well Philip Hindes is really a German, parading as a Brit. (much like Greg Rusedski and Zola Budd) British ?? Yeah right. A true Brit wouldn't cheat. (unless he's a professional footballer (and the cheating goes on and off the field)