Written in SPORTS the 2021/7/17 · 12:03 hs
The story of Zhang Ziyu, a 14-year-old Chinese basketball player, has gone around the world, as she has become the new promise of sport for the “Asian giant”. And it is that at her young age, the basketball player stands out formeasure 2.26 meters! Thanks to his height and skills he always leads his team to victory.
Zhang Ziyu It went viral after several of his plays in a national basketball tournament were recorded and uploaded to social networks. A video shows some fragments of the performance of the young basketball player, who without major complications can touch the board and cover the shot to her rivals. Only in the final, which took place in Jingzhou, Hubei province, of the sub 15 competition, Zhang Ziyu scored 42 points, grabbed 25 rebounds and blocked six shots.
They compared her to another legend from China
They quickly began to compare the basketball player with the former Chinese athlete Yao Ming, who is 2.29 meters tall and played at the center position in the NBA with the Houston Rockets. In this regard, the Global Times newspaper explained that Zhang reached 2.11 meters in sixth grade; es hija de Yu Ying, former player of the Chinese national team.
The Shandong-born is still 14 years old and has to go through several stages to be able to play professionally, but many fans are excited that she can be the new great star of Chinese basketball and that she manages to lead the team to achieve great titles. Sports experts claim he’s talented, but your height should not be trusted and you must polish your technique if you want to reach the highest levels.
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