Zhang Ziyu, the 2.23-meter World Cup sensation

Zhang Ziyu, in a game against Italy, in an image provided by FIBA.

Seeing her seated is striking. When she stands, all you can do is look up. Zhang Ziyu is 19 and stands 2.23 meters tall (seven feet and three inches). She is the tallest professional women’s basketball player in history and the main attraction at the World Cup in Berlin, where she is competing with China’s national team, but as she herself points out, she’s still almost a child. “Everyone thinks I’m tough because I’m very tall, but I’m still a young girl, sometimes quite childish,” Zhang says in a FIBA

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Fuente: El Pais (Paros). Nota agregada; el texto completo está en el medio original.



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