Ni Xialian (right), representing Luxembourg, gestures during her round of 32 game against China's Sun Yingsha on the women's table tennis singles match at the Paris Olympics on July 31, 2024. - Xinhua
PARIS: As an Olympic fan from a very young age, I have already got over my crush over any sporting "hero", because a "hero" maybe fickle and forgotten as time passes by. But this time in Paris I think I have come across one.
At the age of 61, Ni Xialian, the oldest table tennis player, never felt out of place in Paris.
