lol, this thread is getting more and more funnier.
FAIS conspiracy -you should say - after speed glue ban, CNT and World top players started to drink speed glue/voc into the body to maintain the same speed
Let me add some logic and truth back into this thread, just not sure where to start....
Okay the banned substance - it is actually very easy to have intake of banned substance unknowling. You must remember Dima is a normal human being, he would hang out with friends, eat at other people's home, eat out at normal resturants. The only way to know is if he/his team/country does random test on them to make sure they are "safe". Yes, they are taught about these banned substances and what to watch out for - ie certain pain killers or medication, they have special diet program, but they do not consume all food/liquid within a "secure" environment, so any form of contamination is possible.
I guess I will just continue to laugh about it.
Richard raised the age issue - something that I raised 1 week ago in this thread. That will have more discussion weight over Fais conspiracy.
Guys, China is a huge country - not just land mass, but population. Its bigger than Europe - and how many countries are in Europe?
There are lots of places which are "rural" and "back then" did not have a good internal system.
It was easy for someone to register 1 to 2 years after the child was born - hence a more "innocent" example. And yes it is true that you can bribe (back then) local municipal officers to tweak birth certificates - normally this happens when the kid is at a decent level already and it is due to massive internal (Chinese) commpetition, to get more advantage over other "juniors" to get into Provicial A Teams as well as CNT B team. So when some are doing it, then others follow - so advantage disappeared and a huge problem emerged - not just in table tennis, but in many other sports too.
This age thing got nothing to do with World Junior Titles - China is good enough to take it, but should I rather say - they don't focus about such world ranking compared to seniors title - they rather have players training more than competiting full time on the world junior circuit.
Now China has improved and still improving. However lots of Rural places still have "human" systems in place. There are more anti corruption protocols in place and faking of age is becoming more and more difficult.
Regarding FZD being his true age - I doubt, maybe at most 1 to 2 years difference imo. Now 16 years old or 18 years old - Fais will still claim there is steriods, because he must be bored or something.
I have a video of Xu Xin winning the U17 in China few years ago. In that video his birth date and year is different to his current date and year....so yeah, its sad but it is true. Is it a big thing in TT world stage? No, but it is unfair within China - among other ugly things like political connections, favoritsm, money etc. But no matter how ugly it is, there is tons of hardship and training to achieve CNT level - those "special" arrangements can only do so much, the rest requires on actual performance.
Does CNT TT require to take drugs to beat the other countries? lol..... Its like saying Team USA (Basketball) requires to take steriods when playing Fiba tournaments.
I think I have covered all the required facts to suggest that this thread can be closed - otherwise soon Fais will suggest FZD is from Mars