Mexico's 'Granny Jordan' becomes viral TikTok basketball star

Last updated on: 05 August,2022 09:33 am

SAN ESTEBAN ATATLAHUCA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico has a new basketball star: 71-year-old Andrea Garcia Lopez. Nicknamed "Granny Jordan" by TikTok users, a video showing Lopez lighting up the court in her small remote town of San Esteban Atatlahuca in the southern state of Oaxaca has been viewed over 1 million times since it was uploaded by her grandson. In the video, Lopez, a local artisan with her gray hair platted in two long braids and sporting a long skirt, fakes out an opponent near the basket to make space for a shot which she expertly scores off the backboard. Lopez says she hopes to keep playing for many years, even if her knee is starting to act up a bit.