2.26-meter tall Chinese basketball girl [PHOTO COURTESY]A video of a 2.26-meter-tall girl dominating China's National U15 Women's Basketball Championship final has gone viral on the internet, reminding many in China of basketball legend Yao Ming. Zhang was born in May 2007 in Shandong Province, to parents who were former professional basketball athletes. Zhang's father is 2.13 meters tall while her mother Yu Ying, who stands over 1.9m tall, earned several national team call-ups. A 14-year-old girl 2.26 meters tall stars in China [PHOTO COURTESY]By the time she entered elementary school, Zhang was already 1.6 meters tall. Standing at 2.26 meters tall, 14-year-old Chinese girl [PHOTO COURTESY]In 2019, Zhang enrolled at Tsinghua University Middle School, famous for its basketball team, as a student athlete, with many hoping that she can one day anchor China's women's basketball team and write her own story as "the female Yao Ming."

Source: Standard Digital July 17, 2021 16:07 UTC