Other Ways Olympic Badminton Teams Were Cheating

In the fierce, dog-eat-dog world of competitive badminton, sometimes you’ve just gotta cheat to get ahead. At least that’s what the Olympic teams from China, Indonesia, and South Korea thought when they deliberately lost their matches in order to improve their next-round placement. (Geez, even the way they cheat is boring!) This birdie blunder brought a cloud of shame over a sport revered for keeping 8-year-olds occupied in the backyard while the adults sit on the shaded deck, pounding cans of Coors. While it may seem that throwing the games were their only offense, we here at MAD know these badminton baddies had some other tricks up their color-coordinated sleeves…