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Masih 12 Tahun, Ini Dia Aksi Atlet Termuda di Olimpiade Tokyo

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25 July 2021 18:00
Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Petenis meja Suriah Hend Zaza beraksi saat pertandingan babak penyisihan tunggal tenis meja putri melawan Liu Jia dari Austria di Olimpiade 2020 di Tokyo, Sabtu (24/7/2021). Hend Zaza, yang baru berusia 12 tahun, menjadi atlet termuda yang tampil di Olimpade Tokyo 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Zaza tampil mewakili Suriah di cabang tenis meja kategori tunggal putri. Di negerinya, bocah kelahiran 2009 itu adalah juara nasional. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Zaza lolos ke olimpiade usai menjadi juara turnamen kualifikasi zona Asia Barat pada Februari 2020 silam. Saat itu, ia baru berusia 11 tahun. Di final, ia mengalahkan Mariana Sahakian dari Lebanon, yang lahir pada 1977, atau nyaris empat kali lipat umur Zaza. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Perjuangan Zaza untuk bisa menjadi atlet internasional sungguh tak mudah, mengingat adanya konflik berkepanjangan di negara asalnya. Ia adalah atlet tenis meja kedua sepanjang sejarah yang tampil membela Suriah di olimpiade. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Sebelumnya, ada Heba Allejji yang tampil di Olimpiade Rio de Janeiro 2016. Bedanya, Allejji saat itu berstatus undangan, sedangkan Zaza lolos dengan cara konvensional, yakni lewat kualifikasi. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)