LAKELAND — Perhaps in two to six years, Sherlyn Barvie Perez of Tampa will appear on TV standing atop a three-stage podium draped with a gold medal and silently singing the Star Spangled Banner.

Watch out Tokyo or Paris.

The rising 15-year-old table tennis star, a native of Cuba, said she aspires to represent her new country in the sport at the Summer Olympics. It’s no mere daydream.

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