Following Hsing's progress

One of the LONDON OLYMPICS stories our family has been following is the TABLE TENNIS medal pursuit by ARIEL HSING.

The senior-to-be at San Jose's Valley Christian High has won twice at the Games, while her story has intrigued my daughters.

Hsing, 16, began playing table tennis at age 7 and by 15 won the U.S. National Championship.

What's more, her parents reportedly demand she maintain a 4.0 grade-point average if she hopes to compete.

Me, I don't think I'd be cut out for Olympic-grade table tennis. The blurred, relentlessly whizzing ball would probably give me nightmares.