Thursday 28 July 2016
Russian Table Tennis Players Cleared to Play at 2016 Olympic Games
After careful review of the criteria set up by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 24 July 2016 following the release of the McLaren report, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has determined that the three Russian athletes qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be allowed to compete.
ITTF’s investigation of the matter included individual test analysis of these players outside the Russian anti-doping system, and confirmation by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that none of the concerned players were implicated in the McLaren findings released on 18 July 2016.
ITTF believes that the provided evidence meets the requirements of the IOC and confirms the eligibility of the three qualified Russian players Polina MIKHAILOVA, Maria DOLGIKH and Alexander SHIBAEV to play at Rio 2016.
If ITTF’s ongoing testing program and/or further findings from Prof. McLaren’s extended mandate reveals any potential anti-doping rule violation or wrongdoing, the ITTF will take immediate action to investigate and take sanction within the framework of the World Anti-Doping Code and the ITTF’s applicable regulations.
The ITTF will continue to take doping issues very seriously and do everything in its power to ensure that table tennis stays clean, not just at the Olympic Games, but in all levels of table tennis.
The Olympic table tennis event runs between 6-17 August at Riocentro Pavilion 3.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) through it's marketing partner TMS International have extended it's deal with table tennis equipment manufacture for four more years.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) through it's marketing partner TMS International have extended it's deal with table tennis equipment manufacture for four more years.
The deal, which now runs until 2020 continues Double Fish's tradition of being the official table supplier at the prestigious World Tour Grand Finals, which will be held this year in Doha, Qatar on 8-11 December.
TMS International's Managing Director Anders THUNSTROM stated:"TMS International is very happy to extend the agreement with Double Fish for the World Tour Grand Finals until 2020 (2017-2020). Double Fish has now been the Official Table supplier for the World Tour Grand Finals since 2004, and it was a priority for us to extend with with Double Fish for another four years. I also take it as confidence and satisfaction from Double Fish towards TMS and the World Tour Grand Finals to make the commitment for another Olympic cycle."
ITTF's President Thomas WEIKERT was equally pleased with the resigning of ITTF's long term partner: "Double Fish has always been a very solid and reliable partner for the ITTF, so I am very happy they will continue as the table sponsor at the World Tour Grand Finals. For the World Tour Grand Finals, they have provided us with some veryaestheticallypleasing tables, and we look forward to some more amazing designs over the next four years."
General Manager of Guangzhou Double Fish Sports Goods Group Corporation Limited YE Yiqiang added: "I would like to express our sincere thanks to ITTF and TMS for their trust and support in our company. We are really happy to extend our cooperation with ITTF and TMS. For the coming four years we will continue to provide high-quality equipment for the World Tour Grand Final."
Friday 8 July 2016
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