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Quest for Gold -- Lily Zhang and Ariel Hsing

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  1. table tennis0:23, 0:31, 1:10
  2. Olympic Games1:51
  3. Bay Area0:15
  4. Milpitas1:11
  5. MIA0:56
  6. London0:18, 0:40, 2:56
  7. Olympics0:19
  8. mental aspect2:08, 2:19
  9. Indian community1:08
Thu, 26 Jul 2012|

Two teenage table tennis players hope to capture America's first gold medal in the sport.

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Transcript

Well you already know all of the common concerns and sixteen year old -- what time does the ball close -- you ask a -- the junior prom and oh yeah. Passing that big drivers tests. Quite the difference though for two Bay Area girls of that same age they are headed to London for the Olympics. Trying to win our country's first ever medal in table tennis. Here's Jim -- more with the quest for gold. America's table tennis team is getting a hold some -- -- you can play well. Really Zhang and the -- will be representing the red white and blue in London. The tenacious teenagers already understand what it means to play for their country. Yeah I -- I have. No chance you know day -- -- it's not about me it's not my country without batting single plane I'm just -- I'm MIA Nolan. -- and the night game at a time. Have you -- or nine years old stuff being able they've -- such an amazing opportunity. Jenkins saying you've been training together three years at the Indian community centers table tennis facility in Milpitas. It's here with a girls and develop their love for the game can take from their training to the next level. I don't think I'm Taylor tennis for one reason and that reason is because I love as being up and be handled by being able -- The way it is still felt like I mean I think it's good enough funding. Look at this as a manager I'm as self help. Help them there Saturday night events as men's road game. Ruin what can be here without them. Maximum constant media was named the 2011 USA national coach of the year finishing instrumental in helping his two young prodigy with the Olympic Games. Being. Yeah like nearly. Drove all the sort of form -- -- that -- ready for that. Is ready hardly find it kind of look kids play in this country not. We need that bad and -- very hard what he did the mental aspect of table tennis may very well be the toughest and most difficult obstacle for these two and sixteen year old girls still over. Hope for the main thing is that by and kind of thing is the mental aspect of the game with his play. A lot of little things you just stand there and hit the ball around but their taxes so much like to have at least we'll -- a pack it -- It's almost like half has gone from about his involvement in golf does not excited me about -- I don't have. Did you just past the two girls have developed quite a rivalry on the table. Agnelli family in fact I have traveled on the table yeah definitely on the table. My head to head it's maybe -- that pay off this great place to land it's nice when the other. What did him -- you've seen them -- and you miss playing here and -- London will be both girls opportunity to put their skills on display in front of the world. And it -- the table tennis community exactly what they had in store. -- -- -- words came in this guy in that event that we ever. If I was in the finals from Monday it would in my life playing. Are you going to go ahead and you know what kind of smiled and -- 58 games.

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