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I never expected that the Tokyo Olympics were full of masters, but many people were actually fanned by a 12-year-old girl who failed miserably on the field...
Her performance at the Olympics was poor, and it could even be said that she failed miserably:
After only four innings and 24 minutes, she lost to her opponent 0:4 and ended her Olympic trip.
Even if her achievements are not dazzling, she still attracts the attention of many people, and along the way, she is really not easy...
She is the youngest participant in the Tokyo Olympics, Hend Zaza, born in 2009 and just over 12 years old.
She is a small flower of table tennis in Syria, "at the age of 12 to be able to participate in the Olympic Games, this is already a great achievement", foreign media said of her.
At the opening ceremony, she was the female standard-bearer of the Syrian delegation and the only woman in the delegation.
At a glance, this little girl has dark curly hair, deep features, and a childish face.
But the most impressive thing is her eyes, focused and determined...
In March last year, Zaza represented Syria in the Table Tennis West Asia Qualifier for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
At that time, the 11-year-old table tennis player Zaza Hend faced the Lebanese veteran Marianne, the two experienced 7 innings, and finally Hendzaza won the championship in a 4:3 reversal, successfully obtaining the ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games, becoming the first Syrian table tennis player to win an Olympic seat through the qualification round.
At that moment, she burst into tears.
Representing a country in the Olympics is never an easy task.
What's more, this little girl is still growing up in a war-torn place.....
In her hometown of Hama, a city in western Syria, Zaza has not been able to go out and play for as long as she can remember.
Therefore, from the age of 5, from the age of 5, hiding indoors to play ball has become her spiritual pillar, and it is also table tennis that provides her with a "shelter".
She faced such and such suffering, and when the war was severe, they rarely went out, let alone trained.
Her preparation environment was often blackouted, there was no floor glue, no air conditioning, and not enough rackets and balls for training.
Therefore, it may be difficult for everyone to imagine how much this hard-working little girl can go through to the present...
At the Tokyo Olympics, her opponent was Liu Jia, an Austrian Chinese veteran who has participated in six Olympic Games. You know, 12-year-old Zaza is only two years older than the daughter of his opponent Liu Jia.
Everyone knows the result of the game, and this time there are no unexpected surprises.
After the game, she posted a heartbreaking emoji on social media.
The fiasco in the game didn't frustrate the 12-year-old for long, though.
After all, a girl who can stick to her dreams in the fire of war must also be able to stand up quickly in life.
Table tennis gave her everything and taught her to be a strong and confident person, and the girl known as the "table tennis prodigy" said that we must be able to overcome all obstacles.
She did, she still had dreams and ambitions.
She loved Harry Potter in her life and wanted to become a lawyer or pharmacist in the future.
As for the idol, Zaza said that his favorite is Ding Ning,
"Ding Ning of the Chinese team is my favorite table tennis player, she is always very polite, very friendly and kind to people."
Sometimes that's the case, there's loss, there's confusion, there's sadness, there's joy in life. But to love life after recognizing the truth of life, what a precious thing.
Although Hend Zaza's trip to the Olympics this time stopped early, I believe that everyone who strives for their dreams will definitely go far, far and wide on the field of life...