58-year-old table tennis player Ni Xialian is the oldest athlete to compete in table tennis in Olympic history. Tokyo2020 TokyoOlympics
Ni Xialian was born and raised in Shanghai and is the oldest athlete toWhen Ni played Shin Yu-bin, a 17-year-old South Korean athlete, on July 25, peopleDo you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with
She retired from China’s national team in the late 1980s and started playing table tennis in clubs in Europe. People in China were quick to latch on to her joyful personality, and a scene of her jumping like a child when she won the bronze medal at a European competition two years ago went viral. In an interview with the Shanghai-based news portal The Paper, Ni said she does not exercise that much because of her age.“A teenage athlete can exercise for over 10 hours a day while I only exercise for a combined 10 hours per week. If I do the sports as much as young people, I will likely get injured or sick,” she said. “I know where my limit is, but I cannot breach it. Sometimes I feel helpless.
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