{"id":666,"date":"2013-04-17T13:22:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T20:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/thisisus\/?p=666"},"modified":"2013-04-17T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T20:22:37","slug":"two-of-the-worlds-best-ping-pong-players-train-in-milpitas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/2013\/04\/17\/two-of-the-worlds-best-ping-pong-players-train-in-milpitas\/","title":{"rendered":"Two of the World&#8217;s Best Ping-Pong Players Train in Milpitas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5A_TG2kA2EQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the India Community Center in Milpitas, California, Table Tennis is the sport that rules the hardwood.  You may know it as \u201cPing Pong\u201d but this cutthroat game played by young kids with a \u201ctake no prisoners attitude,\u201d has captured city.  Two of the ICC\u2019s finest players, Lily Zhang and Timothy Wang were members of the 2012 United States Olympic Table Tennis Team.  Find out why Zhang and Wang have a shot to medal at the 2016 Games and why the sport\u2019s very best players are products of Milpitas.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the India Community Center in Milpitas, California, Table Tennis is the sport that rules the hardwood. You may know it as \u201cPing Pong\u201d but this cutthroat game played by young kids with a \u201ctake no prisoners attitude,\u201d has captured city. 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