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Arcadia table tennis ace, 15, qualifies for 2012 Olympics
Erica with her parents in Guadalajara, Mexico after winning the bronze medal with the U.S. Women's Table Tennis team. Now she's going for the gold, after qualifying for Team USA's Olympic team.
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Just days ago Southern Californian teenager Erica Wu could only dream of playing table tennis at the 2012 Olympics. Now Wu is London-bound.
The 15-year-old from Arcadia qualified for a berth on Team USA at last weekend’s North American Table Tennis trials in Cary, N.C. Wu was the No. 3 American seed going into the trials. Fellow Californian teens Ariel Hsing and Lily Zhang, the top two American seeds, round out the rest of the team.
Hsing and Zhang were the best performers at the trials and qualified for singles competition at the Olympics.
Their top finishes gave the U.S. the right to create a three-person Olympics team. As the next highest-finishing female, Wu got the third spot.
Just one male tennis player will be representing the U.S. Tim Wang of Houston was the only American man to qualify at trials.
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