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Zhang falls in first round of Olympic tournament

Hilda Huang, Business Manager
July 28, 2012
Zhang poses in front of the table at the ExCeL stadium on Wednesday. She lost in the first round to Croatia’s Cornelia Vaida.

Lily Zhang’s (’14) Olympic table tennis run ended quickly with a first round loss to Croatia’s Cornelia Vaida in the first round of the tournament. The youngest table tennis competitor in London, Zhang lost 4-0, with set scores of  11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5.

Teammate Ariel Hsing won a quick and decisive victory over Mexico’s Yadira Silva in just over 30 minutes.  She won in four sets: 11-9, 11-8, 11-3, and 11-5.

Watch Hsing play against Silva on NBC Olympics at 7:15 a.m. PST here.

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Hilda Huang
Hilda Huang, Business Manager
Hilda Huang is a senior and joined The Viking in her junior year because of her love for athletics. After serving as a copy editor her junior year, she is now a Business Manager along with fellow Viking Michael Strong. Huang dove varsity for the Swimming and Diving team and was a part of the gymnastics team her sophomore year, but was unable to compete due to injury. Awarded 1st place in the 2012 Art Rosenbaum Scholarship Award for her story "Running After Dark," she is also an avid musician and a huge USA Gymnastics (go Fierce Five!) fan. Follow @hildaphu on twitter, or find more stuff about her at http://curiosity.discovery.com/user/hilda-huang/bio and http://bigthink.com/hildahuang.