While the Copa America in the United States and the Euro Cup in Germany caught the eyes of the whole world, no one imagined that the U-18 Women’s Asian Cup in basketball would be a topic of conversation, but Zhang Ziyu went viral. The young Chinese girl, barely 17 years old, who, although she could not lead her country to the title of the competition, which finally went to Australia, was chosen as the best player of the competition and her plays traveled the planet due to her impressive height compared to the rest.
Ziyu, MVP of the cup, measures 2.20 meters and this allows her to gain a tremendous advantage over the others. In fact, in the final he scored 42 points, captured 14 rebounds and had a rating of 33, but the Australians won 96 to 79. Throughout the tournament he had an average of 35 points, 12.8 rebounds and 42, 8 rating. His best performance was against Japan, where he scored 44 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and was given a 59 rating. Until the definition, he had a success percentage of 81.5% by scoring 62 of 76 shots, but against Australia he ‘barely’ made half of them (18 of 36).
“Life is a wonderful journey. There are some things we can’t control. I consider it a gift to myself,” said the center after the final. She is the daughter of Yu Ying and Zhang Yuquan, who both had high-level basketball careers, although they never reached the level of performance of Zhang, who became a viral phenomenon on social media.
2024-06-30 23:16:35
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