Table tennis player Zeng Zhiying left China all alone for an adventure in Chile in 1989. As her native country boiled with street protests that led to the Tianamen Square massacre that year, she remained in the north of the South American nation, near the Atacama desert, working to make the sport grow there.
Chile’s Zhiying Zeng serves the ball during a table tennis women’s singles round of sixteen match against Lily Ann Zhang of the United States at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Chile’s Zhiying Zeng returns the ball during a table tennis women’s singles round of sixteen match against Lily Ann Zhang of the United States at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
Chile’s President Gabriel Boric is another one of the table tennis player’s new fans watching her on TV. Playing table tennis as a professional only crossed her mind during the COVID pandemic. She quickly made it to Chile’s national team and now hopes to be part of it for the Paris Olympics next year. Zeng is currently among the 150 best women tennis table players in the world.
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