Tokyo Olympics: A 58-year-old table tennis player is finding online fame as the ‘Shanghai auntie’

Ni Xialian has represented Luxembourg for five straight Olympics but was born and raised in Shanghai. A match with a South Korean teenager was dubbed a fight between ‘grandma and grandchild’. — SCMP

A 58-year-old table tennis player representing Luxembourg at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been dubbed the “Shanghai auntie” by the Chinese Internet.

Ni Xialian was born and raised in Shanghai and is the oldest athlete to compete in table tennis in Olympic history. She has competed at five Games.