A roadmap to follow for the table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics: Athletes to Watch —Ma Long, China: The 35-year-old table tennis icon is the reigning Olympic champion. —Sun Yingsha, China: Sun is the top-ranked woman and helped China win gold at the Tokyo Games in the women’s team competition. —Ni Xialian of Luxembourg will be the oldest table …
Ni Xialian of Luxembourg in action against Shin Yubin of South Korea during a women's singles match in Tokyo, Japan, July 25, 2021. The story of Ni Xialian, the 58-year-old member of Luxembourg's national sports team and the eldest Olympic table tennis player in history, has gone viral on Chinese social media. Ni Xialian lost to 17-year-old Shin Yubin of …
