Maria Xiao will be the Spanish representative of table tennis in the Tokyo Olympics. The 27-year-old athlete grew up between shovels, since her parents were also professional players.
Now María, nationalized with Spain and Portugal, has become the greatest hope of table tennis in our country. He assures that he travels to Tokyo for all: “I have no pressure, I’m going to enjoy “.
The future Olympian assures that at the beginning he didn’t like it too much this about table tennis, but little by little she got a taste for it as she became a great player.
“I used to train and go with my parents to the championships. I wasn’t very cool at that time, but little by little I was beginning to like it a little more, “he admits. Maria Xiao, who plays table tennis from 5 years.
The good news for Spain comes from table tennis and the bad came from badminton when it was learned that Carolina Marín will not be in Tokyo 2021 due to a knee injury.
