July 25, 2012— -- The list of Olympic sports in which the United States has never won a medal is short: badminton, team handball and table tennis. But with some luck, 16-year-old Ariel Hsing ...

U.S. Olympic table tennis star Ariel Hsing, 16, who recently won her first two matches of table tennis before narrowly losing to the Olympics’ second seed, China’s Li Xiaoxia, 24, is ranked the best ...

Narrowing her focus to include nothing more than the ball, the table and her opponent, Ariel Hsing, a 16-year-old San Jose native, tightly grips the table tennis paddle. She takes a deep breath. If ...

Ariel Hsing will be blogging for espnW throughout her training for the Olympics in London this summer. I made it onto the Olympic team! When I was 8, I wrote down, "I want to go to the Olympics" on a ...

Ariel’s parents, Michael Hsing and Xin Jaing, immigrants to the United States, play table tennis. When her mother couldn’t find a baby sitter, she brought a then 7-year-old Ariel along with her when ...

When she was 9 years old, California table tennis prodigy Ariel Hsing was invited to play with Warren Buffett and his pal Bill Gates for the Omaha billionaire’s 75 th birthday. Despite owning an ...

Ariel’s parents, Michael Hsing and Xin Jaing, immigrants to the United States, play table tennis. When her mother couldn’t find a baby sitter, she brought a then 7-year-old Ariel along with her when ...