The proposition for modifying of the remark of paragraph 3.2.4.2 was discussed and approved at the ITTF Board of Directors in Guangzhou.
The wording was:
Proposed by the Para Table Tennis Committee
To modify the remark of paragraph 3.2.4.2:
The current ITTF testing procedures in place before 25th May 2007 will continue until 1st January 2008 at junior events, until 1st October 2008 for the para table tennis events and until 1st September 2008 for all other events; as of these dates respectively new testing procedures and protocols will be implemented to detect harmful volatile solvents.
By this the new testing methods for harmful volatile solvents of rackets would not be applied at the Paralympics 2008.
Karol Ziduliak
ITTF Para Table Tennis Technical Officer