20 12 London Olympic table tennis, each country has only two places (rounds).

Sina Sports News ITTF recently issued a resolution to limit the number of participants from each country to no more than two in the Olympic table tennis single event. This is another decision made by ITTF after shalala took office, aiming at limiting China's advantage in international table tennis. Shalala, a Canadian, has carried out a series of reforms on the rules and competition system of table tennis since he was president of ITTF from 65438 to 0999. Compared with his opponents on the court, the giant off the court may be called the biggest "killer" of China team.

1. Big ball reform

During the 45th World Table Tennis Championships in 2000, the decision to change the diameter of table tennis from 38 mm to 40 mm was adopted. This proposal was put forward by Xu Yinsheng, chairman of China Table Tennis Association, but shalala actively advocated and implemented it, and it is generally believed that this resolution is not conducive to China, which is famous for its speed. However, in the 2 1 Men's World Cup held in Yangzhou in June 2000, China won 3-0 in the final and won the first world championship after the big game (Wang of China also won the third place). At the Osaka World Table Tennis Championships in April 20001,China won all seven championship trophies, with 5 silvers and 4 bronzes, thus achieving a "grand slam" after adopting the big ball. The big ball era has not weakened China's advantage in the world table tennis.

2. Limit the number of participants in the World Table Tennis Championships.

In view of China's top eight in the 45th World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles 65438-0999, ITTF decided that from the 46th World Table Tennis Championships, only seven players (pairs) can participate in each event. Recently, it is proposed to further limit the number of participants in future World Table Tennis Championships, with no more than 4 singles and no more than 2 pairs in doubles for each country.

3. Implement the system of 1 1.

At the ITTF Congress held during the World Table Tennis Championships in Osaka in April, 20001,shalala presided over and passed the proposal of "changing the score of each match from 2 1 to1,and changing the serve from five rounds to two rounds" put forward by ITTF Athletes' Committee and Executive Committee. It was adopted by an absolute majority of 107 to 7, and the official implementation date was 20065438+0 September 1. This obviously narrows the gap between the strong and weak players, and increases the chances for second-rate players to beat the first-class players, thus being more easily accepted by most athletes. In the 47th World Table Tennis Championships and Athens Olympic Games in 2003, China really lost the men's singles championship.

4. Implement open serve

On September 1 day, 2002, the new rule of "serving without cover" was officially implemented, which triggered a lot of discussion in table tennis. When adopting this new rule, shalala, who presided over the meeting, allowed only one Singaporean representative to express his disagreement. Contrary to the previous practice of announcing the voting results after counting the votes, he orally announced that the most controversial proposal, which must be supported by three-quarters of the delegates, was "passed" with his "visual" results. However, in the process of execution, it is difficult for the referee to grasp the scale of "coverage" and "non-coverage" or "semi-coverage".

Two pairs of doubles players from the same association must draw lots at the same half of the Olympic Games.

In 2003, ITTF issued a new regulation that "two pairs of Olympic doubles players from the same association must draw lots in the same half area", that is to say, it is impossible for China to win the first and second place in Olympic doubles. China won two gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and this reform has achieved results.

6. Teams replace doubles to enter the Olympic Games.

In 2005, ITTF made a resolution that the men's and women's doubles in the Olympic Games should be changed to men's team events, and only three Olympic players were allowed, which made China's volleyball advantage with many excellent players to choose from disappear completely. At the beginning of 2007, ITTF even threw a "blockbuster": the quarterfinals of the Olympic table tennis men's and women's team competition will be cancelled, and only the top four teams will be eligible to enter the semi-finals to compete for the final championship.

7. The restriction of "overseas corps" was passed.

At the end of February, 2008, at the ITTF board meeting, the proposal to restrict the "Overseas Corps" was passed with 46 votes in favor and 2 votes against. The proposal stipulates that athletes who change their nationality over 2 1 year old will not be able to participate in the world series; 15- 18 years old needs to be registered with the new association for 3 years, and 18-2 1 year old needs to be registered for 5 years to qualify for the World Cup and World Championships. This is obviously a decision made in view of the increasingly serious phenomenon of "overseas corps" in China.

8. Implement "inorganic glue"

After the 2008 Olympic Games, ITTF began to ban organic glues that were harmful to health and adopted non-toxic and harmless inorganic glues. This also weakens the rotation, slows down the speed and increases the number of rounds of table tennis. However, China's players were not affected. In the 2009 Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships, China was still the fifth champion.

9. Limit the number of participants in the Olympic Games

According to the latest news, at the ITTF Executive Committee meeting held in Colombia, a resolution was passed with an absolute advantage of 14 votes to 1 votes. In 2065,438+02 London Olympic Games, each country has only two places to participate in table tennis. This is obviously the determination made for China to win the gold medal, silver medal and bronze medal in men's and women's singles at the Beijing Olympic Games last year. The influence on China's gold medal in men's and women's singles in London Olympic Games is obvious.