[adham]

@Noppenlord

As I said many times all these rules are for the international level. At ITTF events we have the instruments to control the presence of VOCs, and as of 1 January we will have the instrument to detect Boosters and Tuners. At the racket control station we also measure thickness using a special device (very accurate) and we measure glossiness. Regarding the 25 mN, this is measured in an approved lab on the original rubber samples provided by the manufactirer, and then we take at random from the market many samples of the same rubber and test again. If the rubber passes the test, then no problem. If the rubber does not pass the test then it cannot use the ITTF logo and the rubber is not put on the next authorization list.

You are right of course about boosters, but we cannot predict what the players will use to cheat. Imagine if the IOC would know in advance all the methods the athletes would use to take performance enhancing drugs(doping), it would be easy. Marion Jones was suspended 2 years after the Athens Olympics, because by then the IOC had the possibility to discover what she used for doping. This is a fact.

Regarding measuring the friction level, the method was developed first, then the vote was taken by the ITTF, then the rule was implemented.

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