10-27-2008, 11:49 AM
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| Worst Olympic Mismatch
Let me just preface this by saying if you are an Olympic fencer, i respect you a lot, you have worked incredibly hard and i hope this in no way undermines all the prestige associated with being an Olympian
I was just going over some footage and saw some guy named Ali (MAR) get rocked by Guyart (FRA) in foil. It was bad, and by bad I mean slightly amusing. What a descprency. Anybody else see some good shut-outs?
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10-27-2008, 12:22 PM
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| Sanzo v the candadian.
The canadian guy clearly had no idea what to do with Sanzo... the first few points were especially painful. | |
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10-27-2008, 11:21 PM
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| No disrespect towards Jason Rogers, but did anyone see the bout between him and Keeth?
I thought it was rotten that they had to face each other so early. Too bad they weren't seeded like the women were. | |
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10-27-2008, 11:36 PM
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10-27-2008, 11:49 PM
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| Meinhardt vs the Egyptian guy, in my opinion...
15-3 in under 2 minutes... | |
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10-28-2008, 12:42 PM
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| ahah, thankfully no paper. I'm done with college. I just started to get interested in fencing again, that's all. I needed a break for a little while.
Unfortunately, because of my time off, these 15-3 whoopings are becoming pretty common place for me... Just need a little time to get my legs under me... 
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10-28-2008, 12:43 PM
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| I saw the meinhardt vs egyptian... yeah i think that one takes the cake... brutal
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10-28-2008, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Superscribe  I saw the meinhardt vs egyptian... yeah i think that one takes the cake... brutal | link please?  | |
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10-28-2008, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old link please? | Bout starts ~34:00 http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/pla...elcode=sportfe
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10-28-2008, 04:06 PM
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10-28-2008, 06:04 PM
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| Well, you can make fun of them, but they were in the Olympics and you ... | |
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10-29-2008, 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Greg Well, you can make fun of them, but they were in the Olympics and you ... | God forbid we discuss fencing bouts on a fencing forum. 
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10-29-2008, 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Greg Well, you can make fun of them, but they were in the Olympics and you ... | Yeah...even coming in DFL at the Olympics is still AT THE OLYMPICS....I'd take it in a heartbeat. | |
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10-29-2008, 10:10 AM
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| Seth Kelsey and Fabrice Jeannet.
It doesn't seem right to be the 6th seed and fence the guy who ends up almost winning.
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10-29-2008, 11:05 AM
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| Viaggio (ARG) vs. Zhu (CHN) was also a pretty huge mismatch. Also amusing because the chinese fencer wanted a really ridiculous preparation call at one point, and the (Hungarian) referee, completely deadpan (not very hard, since he's Hungarian), says "Not sabre. En garde".
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Let me just preface this by saying if you are an Olympic fencer, i respect you a lot, you have worked incredibly hard and i hope this in no way undermines all the prestige associated with being an Olympian
| It's perfectly fair to discuss fencing bouts in a fencing forum.
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10-29-2008, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Nolano Seth Kelsey and Fabrice Jeannet.
It doesn't seem right to be the 6th seed and fence the guy who ends up almost winning. | Jeannet was seeded 28th.
That was a good bout to watch though. Sucks they took a point away from Kelsey.
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10-29-2008, 03:52 PM
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| What was tough for me was, i think zhu vs cassara quarter finals. At one point there was such a break down in communication it was unbearable. Zhu kept putting up two fingers, saying "two" "two". Nobody had a friggin clue what he meant. I think what happened was the ref called the touch against China, and then Zhu's intent was to say "okay cassara, now you have two free touches" and be exclusive/cool about, but it ended up being very awkward.
As for people worry about the merit of this thread, that's silly.
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10-29-2008, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Superscribe What was tough for me was, i think zhu vs cassara quarter finals. At one point there was such a break down in communication it was unbearable. Zhu kept putting up two fingers, saying "two" "two". Nobody had a friggin clue what he meant. I think what happened was the ref called the touch against China, and then Zhu's intent was to say "okay cassara, now you have two free touches" and be exclusive/cool about, but it ended up being very awkward. | Nope, it was a scoreboard error. As I recall, it displayed 12-11 Cassara when it should have said 13-12 Cassara, and Zhu was trying (unsuccessfully) to keep the incorrect score.
The most lopsided fencing I saw was probably in US women's sabre vs. South Africa. | |
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10-30-2008, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by NGV
The most lopsided fencing I saw was probably in US women's sabre vs. South Africa.
| Oh no... *cringe* I never ever want to see that bout ever. Or any of their bouts, ever.
I am amazed that no one has mentioned that two South African's lost 15-2. I was actually surprised that the one even got 2 points.  | |
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11-09-2008, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BoutAfrica Oh no... *cringe* I never ever want to see that bout ever. Or any of their bouts, ever.
I am amazed that no one has mentioned that two South African's lost 15-2. I was actually surprised that the one even got 2 points. | My thoughts exactly.
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