good evening from london, where the 2012 olympics have been rocked by a huge scandal tonight. eight players from three countries disqualified after trying to lose their matches. an extraordinary move and one that s shocking everybody here. at the same time, the controversy s mounting over ye shiwen, smashing records and raising eyebrows. some accuse her of doping, and chinese blast that it s not only wrong, but racist. joining me tonight for tonight s big story is london olympics chief, lord coe, or sebastian coe. i know you as lord coe. thank you. it s the right way to address you. you can call me sir. you must be feeling like, i don t know, the most excited, relieved man in the world right now. it s all gone so smoothly. i was excited before it started, i m now into that sort of, it s got to work. very, very grateful to the well, hundreds of thousands of brits that have helped us get this far. and what i never fail to be proud about is that, you know, you know w
eight players from three countries expelled for trying to lose their patches. some are accusing a chinese swimmer of doping. they charge they re not only wrong but racist. i know you alord coh. thank you. you must be the most excited, relieved man in the world right now. it s all gone so smoothly. i was excited before it started. i m now into that sort of, it s got to work. very, very grateful to hundreds of thousands of brits who have helped us get this far. you know what this area was like. this was desolate. we ve now got a thriving community and sport kicked it all off. we got pride back in the country, which is great. some big stories developing today. one i m very interested to get your take on. one is the badminton farce. i heard you before they got eliminated saying this is completely unacceptable. what i was pleased about was the chinese reaction, pretty swift to condemn it and say this isn t part of the olympic spirit. it was a good reaction, the right rea
greg louganis and carl lewis. you can t top the first olympics. this is a gold medal edition of piers morgan tonight. good evening from london. the 2012 olympics have been rocked by a huge scandal tonight. eight players from three countries expelled for trying to lose their patches. some are accusing a chinese swimmer of doping. they charge they re not only wrong but racist. i know you as lord coh. thank you. you must be the most excited, relieved man in the world right now. it s all gone so smoothly. i was excited before it started. i m now into that sort of, it s got to work. very, very frafl to hundreds of thousands of brits who have helped us get this far. you know what this area was like. this was desolate. we ve now got a thriving community and sport kicked it all off. we got pride back in the country, which is great. some big stories developing today. one i m very interested to get your take on. one is the badminton farce. i heard you before they got el