Pint-sized snooker prodigy
Updated: 2013-11-17 07:05
(China Daily)
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Wang Wuka is not the only one who can't wait to grow up. Many observers are anticipating his coming of age to compete in the game professionally.
A 3-year-old Chinese snooker player in Xuancheng, Anhui province, is capturing attention after a video of him appeared on the Internet. Some call him "Snooker Wonder Child". Others write: "Next O'Sullivan." The young boy is Wang Wuka, who has been learning how to play since the age of 1 and is currently training five hours every day. Although he is still too young to compete in a youth snooker match, he is getting ready for the future.
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Wang Wuka, a 3-year-old prodigy who aims to be a top snooker player, recently competed against seven-time World Snooker Champion Stephen Hendry in Beijing. Photos by Wu Fang / for China Daily |
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Wuka was taught how to play by his 30-year-old father, who makes a living selling bonsai and trees ready for transplanting. |
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Hendry chalks the cue for Wuka. |
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After the "challenge", Hendry says Wuka's parents should try to manage his interest in the game. |
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Little boys will be little boys, but already, talent agents are knocking on the door and asking Wuka's parents to let them manage his future career. |
(China Daily 11/17/2013 page6)