Ariel Hsing, an Olympian of Table Tennis

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David wharton, Olympic Dream Is a DIY Effort; Ariel Hsing, 16, is an elite athlete in a low-profile sport, so she and her family are largely on their own. Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2012 (Column One).
http://articles.latimes.com/2012 ... nnis-hsing-20120510

Quote:

"Ariel is headed for the 2012 London Olympics this summer as a member of the U.S. team

"Back when her [Ariel's] mother grew up in the Henan province of China, children took turns smacking balls across a concrete table in the schoolyard. Xin JIANG was good enough to be chosen for her city's team but faced a dilemma. 'We were so poor, there were no tennis shoes,' she recalls. 'I borrowed a pair of white shoes from my grandmother.' Two decades later, she had immigrated to the US and married a fellow computer engineer from Taiwan named Michael HSING.

Note:
(a) barrette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrette
(also called hair clip in British English)

The barrette means small bar.
(b) The report said, "Ariel never stops moving, bouncing, trying to stay in position so that, even on wide balls, she can maintain a compact, powerful swing."

(i) wide (adj):
"1b: extending over a vast area : extensive <a wide reputation>
* * *
3a : extending or fluctuating considerably between limits <a wide variation>"
www.m-w.com
(ii) wide (adj): "(especially in soccer) at or near the side of the field <he played in a wide left position>"
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/wide
(c) Ariel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel
(d) Photos of Hsing with Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, May 6, 2012, at Omaha, Nebraska.
(i) Jason smith, Ariel Hsing Warren Buffett IMG_6221.JPG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonsmith/488845741/
(ii) Kris Min, Buffet Shows 'I’m Well Enough.' The AsiaN, May 7, 2012.
http://www.theasian.asia/?p=14848