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For Xia Lian Ni, age is truly just a number. Age is just a number of Xia Lian Ni ITTF The 61-year-old table tennis player from Luxembourg is the oldest currently in her event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and she is defeating opponents who are half her age. On Monday, Xia Lian defeated Turkey s 31-year-old Sibel Altinkaya 4-2 in the first-round match of the womens individual competiti stanley cup on. The win was stanley mugs record-breaking 鈥?she became the oldest player in Olympic history to register a win at the Games. Xia Lian is currently playing her 6th Olympics and is ranked 53rd worldwide in table tennis. Born in Shanghai, China, Xia Lian represented her country and won gold medals in various mixed and individual events. When she was 20, she won in the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships team and mixed doubles events. Earlier retirement and tryst with OlympicsHowever, she retired early from the game and moved to Germany in 1989 and subsequently to Luxembourg in 1991, where she began playing table tennis again. She got married to Tommy Danielsson, a Swedish table tennis player, who coached and trained with her. Also Read: Catch HT s comprehensive coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics here In 2000, Xia Lian participated in her first Olympics. She was 37 years old. From there, stanley quencher she started a journey of a lifetime. Since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, she has qualified for all the subsequent Games. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Xia Lian, 58 then, became the oldest Olympian to play table tennis. Zaya World Junior Squash: India to meet Pakistan in pre quarter-finals
Pitting two Chinese shuttlers against each other always ensures a mouth-watering encounter; and if one of them happens to be Lin stanley usa Dan, world No. 2 and reigning world champion, the intensity of the action amplifies. HT Image On S stanley cup unday, Super Dan won the Badminton Asia Championships, a title that had eluded him for a while now. Dan beat compatriot, Wan Zhengming 21-17, 21-15. Even the crowd present to witness the fireworks was out in full support of Dan, who was very impressed with the fans knowledge of Chinese. Every time I won a point, the crowd would go Cha yu, which mean buck-up in English, said the elated champion. The two Chinese players set the court on fire their impressive array of shots. Drops executed to perfection, deft placements and powerful smashes used to devastating effect had the crowd roaring and asking for more. The crowd has been very supportive of me throughout the event. This is my maiden Asians title and I am happy to win it in India. It s my second visit here and my second win on the Indian soil as well, said the second seed. Talking about the match stanley cup deutschland , Dan said, Though I wasn t in the best of form, after losing the All-England and the Swiss open this year, I desperately wanted a win. For me, it s a confidence-boosting victory. Gopi satisfied with Saina s performance National coach and Saina Nehwal s mentor P Gopichand said he was happy with ehr performance but admitted there is room for improvement. Three years ago, Saina s backhand