July 25, 2021
TOKYO: Syria’s Hend Zaza, at 12 the youngest athlete competing at the Tokyo Olympics, exited the table tennis tournament in the opening round on Saturday, snapping a selfie with her Austrian opponent to remember the occasion, foreign media reported.
Zaza was battling an opponent more than three times her age in 39-year-old Liu Jia in the women s singles preliminary round but showed no sign of nerves, maintaining her composure despite a 4-0 defeat. It was very tough to mentally be prepared for (the Olympics) but I think I somehow managed to overcome this, and this is the part that I think I did the best during the match, Zaza told reporters after the match.
July 25, 2021
published at 3:22 AMReuters
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Basketball 3x3 - Women - Pool A - United States v France - Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. France president Emmanuel Macron and US First Lady Jill Biden attend the match.
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The first host nation gold is often one of the loudest spectator highlights of an Olympic Games. On Saturday (July 24), Japan won its first Tokyo 2020 gold medal in the men s 60kg judo in front of a few press and athletic staff.
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Reign ends in silence King Kohei Uchimura, the only active gymnast close to matching American Simone Biles gravity-defying skills and popularity at least in Japan crashed out on the high bar during qualifying.
Tiene 12 años y es la atleta más joven de Tokio 2020
Zaza supera como la atleta más joven a la nadadora nepalí Gaurika Singh, quien participó en Río de Janeiro 2016 con 13 años de edad y 255 días.
La tenimesista siria
Hend Zaza será la deportista más joven en competir en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, pues hará su debut con 12 años de edad, seis meses y 23 días, luego de ganar su boleto.
Zaza, nacida el 1 de enero de 2009, se agenció su pasaje con una pierna lesionada y tras vencer 4-3 a la libanesa
Nigeria’s Olufunke Oshonaike who is making her seventh Olympic Games appearance at Tokyo 2020 was humbled badly 1-4 by USA’s Juan Liul in the women’s table tennis event yesterday.
With the result, Oshonaike has crashed out and will be heading home in the next 48 hours. Liul won the first match 11-7.
The American went ahead to take the next two sets at 11-3 and 11-4 before Oshonaike fought back to win the fourth set at 13-11.
She lost the fifth set at 11-4.
Meanwhile, history was made at the table tennis competition on
Saturday when Syria’s 12-year-old Hend Zaza became the youngest Olympian in any sport since 1968 by competing in the Women’s Singles preliminary round for the first time.
Hend Zaza, la edad no es impedimento para lograr un sueño
No importa de qué parte del mundo seas, siempre y cuando destaques en tu disciplina, dicho lema es el que vive Hend Zaza, deportista siria de tan solo 12 años quien hizo historia al participar en Tokyo 2020 con tan solo 12 años, Zaza es campeona nacional de tenis de mesa en cuatro categorías diferentes […]
24 de Jul, 2021
No importa de qué parte del mundo seas, siempre y cuando destaques en tu disciplina, dicho lema es el que vive Hend Zaza, deportista siria de tan solo 12 años quien hizo historia al participar en Tokyo 2020 con tan solo 12 años, Zaza es campeona nacional de tenis de mesa en cuatro categorías diferentes en las que se le permitió participar.