Aiyuke Badminton Network reported on April 10 that previously, Japanese men’s singles Kento Momota and his senior Kenichi Taji engaged in group gambling at an illegal underground casino in Sumida District, Tokyo, Japan in March. Therefore, during the Grand Prix, Was urgently summoned to return home.
According to Japanese media reports today, the results of the emergency meeting of the Japan Badminton Association on this matter came out. Momota Kento will be suspended indefinitely and expelled from the Japanese national team, so it is determined that he will not be able to participate in this year's Rio Olympics.
As for Kenichi Tianer, who lured Momota Kento into gambling, he has been "cancelled" indefinitely, which means that no team is allowed to hire him, and represent Japan in any international competition. As for the men's doubles players of the national reserve team Teru Koga was suspended for one year.
As for the other five NTT East players involved in gambling, two of them have retired and three active players have been suspended for half a year.
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