Grandma's big regret fuels Zheng's Tokyo tilt

Family's storied Olympic past giving naturalized athlete extra motivation

XI'AN, Shaanxi－Newly naturalized Chinese athlete Zheng Ninali dominated the women's heptathlon at last week's athletics test event for the 14th National Games.

The 22-year-old won all seven disciplines, but wasn't satisfied with her result as she scored 6,153 points, just shy of the 6,240-point qualification mark for this summer's Tokyo Olympics.

Canada-born Zheng, whose birth name is Nina Schultz, is eager to make up for her grandmother Zheng Fengrong's regrets on missing the 1956 Olympics.