The underdog men’s foil team of Jed Dupree (Bethlehem, Pa.), Dan Kellner (Warren, N.J.) and Jon Tiomkin (Hewlett, N.Y.), ranked no. 7 going into the competition, defeated the hugely favored no.-2-seeded team from Germany in the round of 8, 45-43.
Italy continued its domination of the foil event by winning the gold medal in Men's Team Foil. Italy faced China in the final match of the event and traded the lead through the first 3 matches.
It is a clear day and you can see forever but to forecast outcomes requires skills lost or hidden from modern technology. The sweet and the bitter - sweet to come from behind in each match - each fencer pulling it together to offset any down moments of a teammate, the bitter to lose in the final touch.
Staging one of the grandest upsets at the Games, the US men’s saber team beat the third-seeded Hungarians and advanced to the semifinal rounds at the Olympic Games.
For today, the dream is over. Despite leading throughout the second half of a brave, athletic match against Russia, the US team of Ivan Lee (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jason Rogers (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Keeth Smart (Brooklyn, N.Y.) lost the bronze medal by one touch.
