Table tennis introduces video judgment at major international competitions such as the Tokyo Olympics January 15 14:36
The International Table Tennis Federation announced on the 14th that it will introduce visual judgment at the Tokyo Olympics and major international competitions.
This was decided at a meeting held by the International Table Tennis Federation in India. According to the announcement of the International Table Tennis Federation, the decision was made to use video at the Grand Final of the World Tour last month, and after verifying the content, it was decided to introduce it at the Tokyo Olympics and major international competitions.
Regarding the judgment of table tennis, in the women's doubles final of the world championship last April, when a pair of Misato Ito and Hina Hayata played against a Chinese pair, it was judged that Hayabata's serve touched the net and scored Not allowed, play restarted.
After the match, the Table Tennis Association of Japan submitted a protest statement to the International Table Tennis Federation requesting the introduction of video judgment.
Yoshitoshi Ito "Convincing. I'm glad."
Misato Ito said, "Because it is difficult for human eyes to be 100% difficult, I think it will be convinced if there is a judgment in the video. I am very happy to introduce the judgment in the video because our players want to concentrate on the game." I was