08-14-2008, 10:14 PM
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| Men's Team Epee
Whoops, old Individual Epee. Well, someone had to start a thread.
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08-14-2008, 10:29 PM
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| First non-white competitor for RSA that I have seen. One should follow the host country civilities. Does South Africa use "colored" for their non-white citizens?
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08-14-2008, 10:34 PM
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| Someone get Seth Kelsey to watch. Torrente of RSA makes him look slim.
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08-14-2008, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by fencerbill  Someone get Seth Kelsey to watch. Torrente of RSA makes him look slim. | That's what I was thinking  | 
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08-14-2008, 10:53 PM
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| So what did the teams exchange there, after it was all over? Or maybe it wasn't an exchange, but at least the South Africans had bags of some sort that I thougt they gave to the Chinese. | |
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08-14-2008, 11:02 PM
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| To me they looked like little banners, seen other similar banners before. Cord for hanging, banner over a small wooden dowel. I believe the Chinese passed small presents at the start of the match and then RSA presented the banners in the end in response.
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08-14-2008, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by fencerbill To me they looked like little banners, seen other similar banners before. Cord for hanging, banner over a small wooden dowel. I believe the Chinese passed small presents at the start of the match and then RSA presented the banners in the end in response. | The colorful banners RSA presented to the Chinese team were Tibetan prayer flags wishing them good luck and happiness in their future endeavors. | |
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08-15-2008, 12:46 AM
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| China looking to upset Hungary over on yellow...currently 34-31 | |
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08-15-2008, 12:49 AM
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| Hungarian is hurt
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08-15-2008, 12:55 AM
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| Kulsczar pulled a muscle or something on the first touch. What's interesting is that, at an NAC, there would be a 5-10 minutes of assessment of the injury. But, at the Olympics, the show must go on, apparently.
Well, the substitution seems to be working as Kovacs, the veteran (38 years old!) is staging a bit of a rally, 39-37. | |
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08-15-2008, 12:56 AM
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| Kovacs in, picking up touches. Now China 39, Hungary 37 | |
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08-15-2008, 12:57 AM
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| 40-39! Showing those young'uns how it's done. | |
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08-15-2008, 12:59 AM
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| 40-40 | |
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08-15-2008, 01:00 AM
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| LI G J is one fast gosh darn fellow. 42-41
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08-15-2008, 01:01 AM
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| 42-42 | |
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08-15-2008, 01:01 AM
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| Chinese fencers look a lot like the French...lots of footwork and distance-based preparation, not many blade actions.
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08-15-2008, 01:04 AM
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| China wins it, 45-43. Great scrambling riposte by Li as he goes off the strip, followed by a double on the next touch. | |
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08-15-2008, 01:04 AM
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| Dang...
Was pulling for Hungary, but those Chinese are pretty darn good.
At least Kovacs got his licks in at what is possibly his last Olympics.
Hungary looked too reserved at the beginning of the match. Not taking enough chances or trying to "make it happen." Unfortunately, energy means more than anything else in Team fencing, and China had more of it from the get-go.
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08-15-2008, 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by noahz At least Kovacs got his licks in at what is possibly his last Olympics. | Made this veteran proud. I've got to say, I like the way he fenced. | |
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08-15-2008, 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by noahz Kulsczar pulled a muscle or something on the first touch. What's interesting is that, at an NAC, there would be a 5-10 minutes of assessment of the injury. But, at the Olympics, the show must go on, apparently. | They give 10 minutes in Olympics too, unless everyone knows that was
an "injury" to justify replacement
You can not substitute alternate at your own will in Olympics unless there is an injury.
I just saw same thing done by VEN
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