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Reference: http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/t...er-konkurrenz-manipulation-vor-a-1074917.html
Translation:
Significant criticism of the EM-record winner: Timo Boll accuses the competitors who are using illegal methods to improve their game. Even for the ITTF he finds clear words.
Table tennis star Timo Boll assumes that about 80 percent of the international players are playing with rackets which do not conform to the Rules of the ITTF." The Rubbers are treated with chemicals to increase the catapult effect when hitting. This apllies not only for the Chinese players, but for Europeans and other Asians to," said the multiple European champion to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung": "In order to prove this, the Rubber has to be removed from the racket and sent to the lab. That's what I am encouraging since long ago. But the International Association considers this unreasonable. "
He also complained about the newly introduced table tennis balls. "The quality of the game suffers in a sustainable manner, because the players are feeling insecure. Some are suffering a serious blow. The rallies have gotten worse on average," said Boll.
The 34-year-old, as well as his compatriot Dimitrij Ovtcharov, don't understand the patience of the ITTF with the producers: "Nothing happened for a few months, time and time again, we are told it is impossible to do better than this... I don't understand why the Table Tennis Companys don't pull the plug, when they are receiving low quality products for their money."
The associations should provide the best balls at their events and not the ones with the highest license fee. "We players would be happy about that," Boll said.
I hope you are able to understand my Translation.
Translation:
Significant criticism of the EM-record winner: Timo Boll accuses the competitors who are using illegal methods to improve their game. Even for the ITTF he finds clear words.
Table tennis star Timo Boll assumes that about 80 percent of the international players are playing with rackets which do not conform to the Rules of the ITTF." The Rubbers are treated with chemicals to increase the catapult effect when hitting. This apllies not only for the Chinese players, but for Europeans and other Asians to," said the multiple European champion to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung": "In order to prove this, the Rubber has to be removed from the racket and sent to the lab. That's what I am encouraging since long ago. But the International Association considers this unreasonable. "
He also complained about the newly introduced table tennis balls. "The quality of the game suffers in a sustainable manner, because the players are feeling insecure. Some are suffering a serious blow. The rallies have gotten worse on average," said Boll.
The 34-year-old, as well as his compatriot Dimitrij Ovtcharov, don't understand the patience of the ITTF with the producers: "Nothing happened for a few months, time and time again, we are told it is impossible to do better than this... I don't understand why the Table Tennis Companys don't pull the plug, when they are receiving low quality products for their money."
The associations should provide the best balls at their events and not the ones with the highest license fee. "We players would be happy about that," Boll said.
I hope you are able to understand my Translation.
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