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How should we respond to snooker champion Zhao Xintong?

How should we respond to snooker champion Zhao Xintong?

Luke Randall
Luke Randall

If anyone else was glued to this year's World Snooker Championship, they might have been confronted by a nagging question: just what should we make of Zhao Xintong?

The 28 year-old became China’s first snooker world champion by beating class-of-ninety-two legend Mark Williams in a one-sided final. Xintong wrapped his native flag around himself as he lifted The Silver Lady, the sport’s most coveted trophy.