Watch: Mexico's 71-year-old 'Granny Jordan' shows her exemplary basketball skills like an NBA star
Chandigarh, August 8
Experience overcame youth when the video of a 71-year-old granny showing her basketball prowess like an NBA star went viral.
Proving that age is just a number, Andrea Garcia Lopez from Mexico became an Internet sensation overnight by virtue of her exemplary basketball dribbling, passing and shooting skills.
Becoming a TikTok celebrity, the woman was named ‘Granny Jordan’ by the users.
In the clip, Lopez can be seen energetically dribbling a basketball. Wearing a black skirt and a white blouse with her grey hair plaited in long braids, she impressively fakes out an opponent. Her move wins her the space for a shot and she slays it with a score.
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Her sensational skills left the Internet amazed with many opining that she could give the NBA stars a run for their money.
“Granny Jordan,’ wrote a user while another commented, “She truly is a superstar.”
A third user tabbed her as “Michael Jordan’s grandmother.”
The video was uploaded on TikTok by Lopez’s grandson and has amassed over a million views on social media.
According to a Reuters report, the video was captured in a remote town of San Esteban Atatlahuca in the southern state of Oaxaca. Lopez, a local artisan, was quoted as saying by Reuters that she hopes to continue playing the game but her knee problems were giving her a tough time.
