It is the start of a series that they'll be following over the next couple of years. The first sport they had the girl try was pentathlon. A quote from the fencing portion: "Within five minutes of bouncing about in the on-guard position, my quads are burning, my entire polyestered body is soaked in sweat, and my right arm feels like it's about to fall off. Fencing is much more physically difficult than I ever imagined."
It is a decent read, and I'm rather interested to see what becomes of this story.
Disclaimer: Not that the bout woudl've been allowed to get to that point in the first place....... Right?
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it's always fun to hear beginner talk about fencing, quote again
"... I could wow them with my pistol and fencing skills, despite the fact I've never in my life held a gun or a foil in my hand. Hey, mere details."
Probably because she would know what she's getting herself into. Modern Pentathlon is no joke...
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Probably because she would know what she's getting herself into. Modern Pentathlon is no joke...
Also because she is not a US citizen (AFAIK)... and I think that was what KD5 was really digging at... making the Swedish Modern Pentathlon team... a totally different story...
Eh, that's true, but there are some very good pentathletes in the States too, I think.
I was mostly talking about the fact that the article author doesn't seem to have done any research at all on the topic before writing her article, since it is full of assumptions that would have been cleared up in just a few minutes of time on the internet.
I don't think that this article has something to offer that someone who actually is a bit involved with sport doesn't already know.
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Epee is the Louis Vuitton bag of fencing: only the best can get it, and the rest of the masses must content themselves with cheap knockoffs (sabre, foil)
To not recognize the power of the French grip is to be in denial
the article author doesn't seem to have done any research at all on the topic before writing her article, since it is full of assumptions that would have been cleared up in just a few minutes of time on the internet.
Unfortunately, that sort of thing has become very common among journalists today. It ought to give us all pause when we read the daily news or watch the evening news. Almost every story likely contains at least 2 or 3 minor errors, and sometimes substantive ones.
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