Na, da braut sich wieder etwas zusammen. Soll mit solchen Regeln die Übermacht der Chinesen/Chinesinnen gebrochen werden, wenn man spielerisch nicht dazu imstande ist?
Wie will man so etwas durchsetzen bzw. welches von zwei Doppeln eines Landes im Semifinale soll eliminiert werden?
Soll das Los entscheiden, das ist doch krank ...
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Zagreb, Croatia, 6 April 2002. No Olympic doubles finals at the Athens Olympics 2004 with two pairs from the same nation!
That will be the impact of a new regulation that the ITTF Board of Directors, meeting in Zagreb on Saturday, decided to bring forward: Each IOC can still participate with two doubles pairs (if they can qualify), but the two pairs have to be drawn into the same half so that they will meet each other at the latest in the semi-finals.
In other words – two pairs from the same NOC cannot win gold and silver, but they could win gold and bronze.
The new regulation will be discussed with the IOC next week.
“Since it is a technical issue however, I don’t think that the IOC will have any objections”, says the ITTF President Mr. Adham Sharara.
The ITTF wants to replace the doubles event with team events at the Olympics in Beijing 2008 and the new regulation for 2004 could be seen as the first step towards this goal.
“We want the national associations to get prepared for having just one team (in both men’s and women’s event) and one medal opportunity. Beside this it will give new nations one more medal opportunity”, says Mr. Sharara.
Quelle:
www.ittf.com
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