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Kim earns ITTF’s wrath
TIANJIN. China. .May 13: South Korea’s Kim Taek-Soo. the first player to be kicked out of a Table Tennis World Championships for using a banned glue to Improve his game, lost an appeal against a quarter-final disqualification on Saturday, reports Reuter.
Klm. the world number five, had beaten China's top player Wang Tao in their last-eight match in straight games on Friday, a result in stark contrast to the home player's easy defeat of the South Korean in the learn event semifinals last Sunday.
"We accept that he made a genuine mistake but the appeal had io lx- refused because we have io follow the regulations." Andre Damman. a member of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) jury considering the appeal, told reporters.
"Kim used the wrong can (of glue)." Damman said after a second and final appeal against Ihe disqualification. "There was no question of any tamper-Ine wtrfr the teMIfig: The solvent he iist-cl had far too high k.tls of loxicitv." Danunan . l.l d.
Dei.tils emerged later that Kim s bals had been tested three times previously during Ihe team events and that one bat had been confiscated as a proscribed solvent was detected.
"Four racquets were confiscated during the team events one of which belonged to Klm Taek-Soo." said Colin Clements. chairman of the ITTF rules oinnuiue. "His racquets
were tested three limes — once there was zero (toxicity), (he second time it was borderline and the third was over ihe limit.
“Ilie tests were carried out before play in the team event with the only penalty being confiscation of the racquet. Because of time restraints testing was done after matches in the singles with disqualification as the penalty that’s completely fair as all the players were treated Ihe same way."
The ITTF-had banned Kim after a routine test on his bat after Friday s match found that it contained a banned solvent "at a level several times above the permitted limit."
Officials later confirmed that he was the first player to be thrown out of a World Championships for this offence.
Glues are applied by players Immediately before matches to speed up serves and improve spin.
The disqualification means that Kim's beaten opponent, world number two Wang Tao. will go through to Sunday's semifinals and Chinese players will now make up the last four in the men's singles, emulating the women's event and ensuring a host country victory in both competitions.
"Our rules are not clear on this (Wang's semifinal berth) but we decided that Kim probably took advantage of an illegal product so we had to let Wang go through." Damman said.
Wang, whose form has been inconsistent, was easily beaten in straight games 21-18, 21-16. 21-18 by Kim in the quarter final.
Fifth seed Kim. 24. who has never won a major title, was the last of the top seeds to go through to the final four after the defeat of defending champion Jean-Philippe Gatlen. world number one Jean-Michel Saive and 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner.
Wang, who was regarded as one of the favourites for the title. now joins 10th-seeded teenager Kong Linghui as the last two of the top 10 seeds to make it through to Sunday s semifinal after the rout of the leading European players.
Wang said he felt that Kim was a stronger player than when he beat him in straight games last Sunday in the team event semifinals. “It was strange." he told Reuters.
"Now I think he might have been helped by the illegal glue. . although he did play very well.”
The ITTF said in its statement that Kim’s bat contained a toxic solvent banned because its repeated use was believed to be harmful to players’ health.
The ITTF has a list of 20 approved liquid glues that have some degree of toxicity but are not considered a danger to health.
The ITTF were to have imposed a total ban on liquid glues from August 1 but decided not to go ahead after an appeal from leading players that the game would be slowed down.
The ITTF council decided that any player using other than approved glues in an ITTF competiUon would be disqualified and liable o disciplinary action by his or her association.