At 58, Ni Xialian a record-breaking table tennis player
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At 58, Ni Xialian a record-breaking table tennis player

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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 South Korea at the seventh game in the second round of women's singles at the Tokyo Olympics on July 25. Ni Xialian returns a shot to Caroline Kumahara of Brazil during their table tennis match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 6, 2016.

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At 58, Ni Xialian a record-breaking table tennis player
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