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Marcus Mepstead (Seed 11; FIE Rank 39) – the only British fencer to qualify for the Olympics – single-handedly carrying the hope of GB Fencing regaining it’s funding…aaand it’s gone.
Mohamed Hamza (Seed 22; FIE Rank 19) – somehow surprising everyone with the fact that a fencer – who is the son of a national coach; was junior world number one; trains at a DIV 1 NCAA Fencing University; previous Olympian – could possibly beat the second coming of British Fencing Kruse Christ – who has never ended the season in the top 16 and made like 2 senior top 8s in his entire career (even if one of them was at the WCH).
Congrats to Dan Kellner on finally attending the Olympics as a coach after Race dropped him right before Rio (bit of a sussy move if you ask me).
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Marcus was having a bad day it seems, very sad
First time I had seen Hamza fence – I rate him! I think he’s got a bright future and seems like a nice guy! Sad for Mepstead – also a class fencer, and has some good momentum in recent years.
Massive respect for Hamza, he had to deal with such bullshit with the electric box not registering all the time and the ref unfortunately not realising this when queried about it. Still managed to pull the match back and win it, incredible metal strength right there.
Hamza is a great guy I’ve had the pleasure of fencing. The fact that I got to watch a friend compete in the Olympics is insane
Oh Dan Kellner became an olympic coach, great to hear! I believe I may have fenced him although there was a small age gap between us. I do remember fencing Nick Bravin in the semi finals at SF in 94 I believe (were those NCAA back then?), Peter Devine in the final in NY in 93 I think, and a couple of others. I'm amazed at how good the american foil team is today, although since you mention Race, from some of the world cup footage I've been watching recently, there seems to be some serious attitude there. 🙂 Meinhardt and Massialas seem quite nice though.
最近フェンシングを見始めたものであまりルールがわかっていないです。最後のポイントはイギリスの選手がずっと相手の剣をはらって攻撃権をもっているように見えたのですが、いつの間に攻撃権が移ったのですか？
Daoowwwwn
that touch at 9 all sure seemed like it should have been Marcus's PIL
That was a scrap, not a bout 😉 Nice to watch though, as Hamza and Mepsted are of approximately equal ability and athleticism.
That was intense!