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Syrian Hend Zaza, the youngest female athlete to compete in the Tokyo Summer Olympics, bid farewell to the table tennis competition, losing to Austria’s Jia Liu 0-4 on Saturday.
12-year-old Zaza’s match with veteran Gia, 39, lasted 24 minutes, ending 4-11, 9-11, 3-11, 5-11 in the preliminary round of the competition.
The unknown Syrian girl, born January 1, 2009, became the most famous athlete in the 10-year-old war-torn country, when she won the West Asian Championship, snatching her qualification for the Olympic Games.
Qasioun’s daughter was discovered by coach Adham Jamaan in 2014. Hind enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her brother and first muse, Obeida, who had previously won the Syrian junior championships.
“We made a plan for India five years ago, and among that plan is that participating in the Tokyo Olympics will only be honorable participation, and our ambition is to win the medal in 2024” at the Games from Paris, Jamaan said.
Tunisian Fadwa El-Qarsi lost to Mongolian Boulwerdin Batmonkh 1-4 (11-5, 6-11, 10-12, 6-11, 7-11) in 32 minutes.
In mixed doubles, Egyptians Dima Meshref and Omar Asr would later face South Koreans Lee Sangsu and Jeon Jihye.
In men’s singles, the Saudi Ali El Khadraoui will play with the Czech Lubomir Yancharik, the Tunisian Adam Hammam with the Ukrainian Lee Ko and the Algerian Laarabi Bouriaa against the Hungarian Bensi Majoros, while the Egyptian Yousra Helmy will face the French Gia Nan Yuan.
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