Kruse the absolute quintessential BRIT, picks up Massialas's mask for him before the handshake 🙌

@celestialtoystore

2 жыл бұрын

Absolute gentleman. They don't make many like him anymore. His retirement was a sad day for British sport.

@OlympicFoil

2 жыл бұрын

@@celestialtoystore Absolutely CT

Proud of Massialas. Fenced his dad when we were young in Michigan!

@OlympicFoil

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah such an acheivement, and at such a young age! Really lighting the way forward for the USA

Heartbreaking for Kruse - so close to a medal

@matibremen4735

3 жыл бұрын

True.....

@OlympicFoil

3 жыл бұрын

especially heartbreaking since they nuked the british fencing funding after this too

@dzfz2100

3 жыл бұрын

@@OlympicFoil Indeed - as if they thought they had paid enough money to guarantee a medal. Very sad state of affairs. Fingers crossed that Mepstead will perform well in the games this year.

@OlympicFoil

3 жыл бұрын

I love how unpredictable the field is rn from the year off, it makes Tokyo very very exciting 😁

@wilfbroughton6738

3 жыл бұрын

@@OlympicFoil yeah, it’s such a shame, almost ended his career

Awesome!

They said Massialas came back from 14-8 down against Avola??? Do you have video of that one?

@OlympicFoil

3 жыл бұрын

He did! They never posted the full bout, you can watch the legendary comeback in these two places: TheFoilistTV bout analysis (full footage but with commentary: www.thefoilist.tv/bouts/28/ Footage taken by a spectator: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oJqqr9GEpaTSlsY.html&ab_channel=FencingInsider (Starts at 3:04 )

Great fencing. Two champs who are both great technicians and respectable sportsmen. But the two obviously GB commentators commented as if they had been football commentators, often forgetting to discuss technique, and just making a lot of enthusiastic comments. Focus on Kruse, from GB, obviously.

@OlympicFoil

2 жыл бұрын

Fencing commentary can leave a lot to be desired 😅

@inscrutablemungus4143

Жыл бұрын

@@OlympicFoil Thankfully Kruse is now in the commentary box (and he's way better than Karim or even worse, King).

this is a game not a sport.

@OlympicFoil

Жыл бұрын

Why do you say that?

@271chrissy

Жыл бұрын

@@OlympicFoil I think anyone can play this game. What is so difficult about this.Don't get poked is about the some of the game.

@lydiawilder5996

Жыл бұрын

@@271chrissy coming up with rules and finding things to do within those rules is just what humans do. most sports are games.

@271chrissy

Жыл бұрын

@@lydiawilder5996 I know but where does it stop.Where is the line ?

@ghproducts007

Жыл бұрын

@@271chrissy You could say that about any sport. Soccer is kick the ball in the net, and track is run fast. What makes it difficult is that you face opponents who have trained their entire lives. I promise you that you could fence for twenty years and not even get close to touching these guys. Any sport is just a game in the end, but that doesn't mean everyone is capable of being an Olympian.