SI medal picks...all 302 of them.

[EpeeConvert]

Saw this, found it amusing
FENCING

Men
Individual épée
G: Matteo Tagliariol, Italy
S: Jerome Jeannet, France
B: Seth Kelsey, U.S.
Air Force Academy grad Kelsey had big win at recent Pan Ams.

Team épée
G: France
S: Hungary
B¦ Italy
Champs in 1996 and 2000, Italy failed to qualify in '04.

Individual foil
G: Peter Joppich, Germany
S: Salvatore Sanzo, Italy
B: Stanislav Podzniakov, Russia
Joppich has three world titles.

Individual sabre
G: Luigi Tarantino, Italy
S: Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Russia
B: Nicolas Limbach, Germany
Brooklyn's Keeth Smart could earn a medal.

Team sabre
G: Italy
S: Russia
B: France
U.S. men missed bronze in Athens by a single touch.

He was doing so well making me think he actually researched this...

Full article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...804/index.html

[epeemike81]

And this:
Women
Individual épée
G: Li Na, China
S: Britta Heidemann, Germany
B: Ana Branza, Romania
China's 1984 champ, Luan Jujie, now fences for Canada.

-m

[DJ Apostrophe]

And this:
Women
Individual épée
G: Li Na, China
S: Britta Heidemann, Germany
B: Ana Branza, Romania
China's 1984 champ, Luan Jujie, now fences for Canada.

-m

Wow... that's a special twofer as well..

A: Jujie (obviously) won her medal in foil.
B: There wasn't a WE event in 84!

-w

[KD5MDK]

Makes me wonder what howlers there will be in the other events.

[edew]

Saw this, found it amusing
FENCING

[...]
Individual foil
G: Peter Joppich, Germany
S: Salvatore Sanzo, Italy
B: Stanislav Podzniakov, Russia
Joppich has three world titles.

[...]

Well, he is that good. (Point control might be pretty weak compared to the foilists.)

[erooMynohtnA]

There are obviously transcription errors. I took the SI picks out of the magazine in this thread, and Pozdyniakov is in the right place: Olympic prediction thread - cash prize

[mdstasinos]

Wow... that's a special twofer as well..

A: Jujie (obviously) won her medal in foil.
B: There wasn't a WE event in 84!

-w

Jujie is also only qualified to fence in foil at these games. She has never qualified in Epee only foil.
MD Stasinos

[DJ Apostrophe]

Jujie is also only qualified to fence in foil at these games. She has never qualified in Epee only foil.
MD Stasinos

Hence my '(obviously) medaled in foil...'

13 hours until WS starts!!!

-w

[KD5MDK]

The only problem with the coverage is I don't have cable, so I'm going over to a friend's house to watch. Do we spend the night to catch the medal bouts or figure something else out?

At least work is changing the TV from CNN to NBC (just after a war starts in Georgia...)

[epeemike81]

The only problem with the coverage is I don't have cable, so I'm going over to a friend's house to watch. Do we spend the night to catch the medal bouts or figure something else out?

At least work is changing the TV from CNN to NBC (just after a war starts in Georgia...)

That's not a problem with the coverage, it's a problem with your house.

-m

[KD5MDK]

More of a problem with my income.