- Sunday 03 July 2022
Ni Xialian, a 58-year-old table tennis player, has been dubbed as 'Shanghai Auntie'. Born and raised in Shanghai, Ni is the oldest athlete in Olympic history to compete in table tennis. An epic match between Ni, who is representing Luxembourg at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and a 17-year-old South Korea athlete was called a "fight between grandma & grandchild".