London 2012 Olympic Games platform
Table size: 2740×1525MM
Height: 760MM
Flatness: ≤3MM
Series: International classic series, suitable for international and domestic major competitions
Olympic table Chinese design Chinese table tennis team adapted in advance
The Chinese table tennis team has arrived in London on July 18, local time, and will be stationed in the Leeds training camp to adapt to the climate and environment, and the Leeds training camp has already installed eight pairs of Red Double Xi tables from China. At the same time, the Olympic table tennis table was unveiled at EXCEL LONDON. The Red Double Happiness Olympic team completed the installation and commissioning of the Olympic table tennis venue and officially launched the London Olympic table table to the outside world. The table is fully integrated into the Olympic five ring elements, known as the "five ring rainbow" table.
Before this, this mysterious table has been taking various confidential measures, in the development stage of the athletes test, the event site simulation test, the Chinese table tennis team closed training have taken the bottom closed measures, to ensure that athletes adapt to the new table color, bounce, friction and other performance at the same time, but also let the outside world is full of curiosity about the mysterious table.
According to Lou Shihe, general manager of Red Double Xi, the design and development of the London Olympic table table responds to the International Table Tennis Federation's reform direction of popularization of table tennis. In order to bring forth the old and new, the president of the International Table Tennis Federation is very concerned about the design and development process of the table, and has flown to Shanghai several times to discuss and review the table. The competition manager of the London Olympic Committee has also arrived in Shanghai several times to participate in the review.
Lou Shihe said that Red Double Happiness is very willing to invest huge energy and financial resources in innovation, the purpose is to make table tennis continue to attract attention, so that more people like table tennis. The design and development of the London Olympic table needs to follow the principle of balancing "creativity" and "competition rules", and must consider comprehensive factors such as lighting, television broadcasting, athletes' experience on the spot, table stability, and fast assembly. The London "five-ring Rainbow" table is not the boldest creative scheme in the six schemes designed by the Red Double, but the table that most fully expresses the concept of the Olympic Games and the characteristics of the operation of the event.
The most daring of the Olympic plans that Hongshuangxi has ever devised is "levitation". But the plan was hit by conflicts between the installation technology and the conditions of the Olympic venues and had to be abandoned. In the two "five rings" scheme, the other one had to be abandoned because the final lighting effect was not ideal in the visual transmission of the scene and TV broadcast.
According to reports, in order to fulfill the confidentiality commitment with the Olympic Organizing Committee and the International Table Tennis Federation on the "five-ring rainbow" table after July 18, Red Double Joy specially designed an independent five-ring installation step for the "five-ring rainbow" table, after the installation of four pairs of "five-ring rainbow" tables in mid-July, the last step "five-ring device" will be left to July 18.
London 2012 Olympic table to maintain the classic red double happiness "rainbow arch" shape. The shape of "rainbow arch + Olympic rings" means that the ping-pong rainbow connects athletes from five continents. The distinctive five-ring logo appears on both sides of the table to become the visual center. In order not to exceed the IOC's strict rules on the five rings logo, the plan was only implemented after written confirmation from both the London Olympic Organizing Committee and the ITTF president Shalala.
In terms of color, the London "five-ring rainbow" table maintains a simple style, using the "blue + silver" scheme to simplify the color configuration, mainly to avoid too much color interference with athletes. In order to ensure that in the environment of blue floor glue and blue table, athletes will not be interfered with and their vision can not be focused, Red Double Happiness has produced dozens of blue colors for visual testing. Eventually, the current "London Blue" was adopted. This unique formulation of table paint helps players concentrate on the centre table area.
Lou Shihe introduced that in the London Olympic Games, in addition to providing security for the Olympic venue, the Red Double Happiness security team will also provide technical support for the Chinese table tennis team. In Chengdu and Xiamen, the Chinese table tennis team closed training, Red Double Happiness sent special personnel to lay the court and athletes equipment services. During the Olympic Games, personal equipment testing is very strict, rubber excess, volatile gas, rubber light have strict requirements, the first two are equivalent to the "doping test" in table tennis. According to the regulations, the tournament equipment will use the thickness gauge made by Red Double Xi to carry out equipment testing. In this Olympic Games, in addition to providing thickness measuring equipment for the organizers of the event, the Red Double Happiness team also brought relevant equipment so that the Chinese table tennis team can test the racket before the game.