phelps 6,535 Posted July 19, 2019 Author #121 Share Posted July 19, 2019 tell me that's just a nightmare...this can't be true...it's just a mistake...it was a fake video, a plot against me... p.s. meanwhile in the men's epee, which is supposed to be the most "open" weapon, with the most athletes and Countries with a chance to shine, we have 3 Frenchmen, 3 Japanese, 2 Hungarians, 2 Ukranians, 2 Kazakhs (and 4 others) in the top 16...only 9 Nations in the round of 16... I've never seen so few Nations represented at this stage of a men's Epee event in the last 20 years or so (and I just wrote that fencing is becoming more and more widely spread at the top level of play)... thiago_simoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,535 Posted July 19, 2019 Author #122 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) and Santarelli is really lucky...he only has to win the "French championship" to win a medal... Edited July 19, 2019 by phelps Gianlu33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,537 Posted July 19, 2019 #123 Share Posted July 19, 2019 UENO Yuka 7-0 in few minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,546 Posted July 19, 2019 #124 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 minute ago, phelps said: and Santarelli is really lucky...he only has to win the "French championship" to win a medal... It will be an amazing championship gor the azzurri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,537 Posted July 19, 2019 #125 Share Posted July 19, 2019 MOHAMED Aida / lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,537 Posted July 19, 2019 #126 Share Posted July 19, 2019 VAN ERVEN GARCIA Saskia Loretta KONDRICZ Kata FU Yiting they will defeat Gianlu33 and phelps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,537 Posted July 19, 2019 #127 Share Posted July 19, 2019 and there is no in the red , means no medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,537 Posted July 19, 2019 #128 Share Posted July 19, 2019 the best Canadian fencer GUO Zi Jia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,535 Posted July 19, 2019 Author #129 Share Posted July 19, 2019 21 minutes ago, bestmen said: VAN ERVEN GARCIA Saskia Loretta KONDRICZ Kata FU Yiting they will defeat you're a true fencing expert... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 776 Posted July 19, 2019 #130 Share Posted July 19, 2019 15 hours ago, phelps said: finally, just a few stats... only on day 1, we already have 8 Nations coming from 3 different Continents in the medal table... in the men's Sabre we had 8 men from 8 different Countries in the quarterfinals and in the women's Epee 8 girls from 7 different Countries at the same stage... in both competitions, the no. 1 seed couldn't even make the podium... this shows how the sport of Fencing has grown in the last few years...now we can really say it's a true global discipline and one of the most widely spread all around the world (at least for what concerns the top level of play)... the time when it was the home garden of the usual 4/5 powerhouses has long gone... Not really sure why you think that fencing has "grown", but for example in 1999 we had 15 nations winning at least 1 medal, last year we had 14 nations winning at least 1 medal ... In my opinion fencing always was a sport where some random athlete from a small nation could win a medal on a good day (like shooting, judo, taekwondo), but i don't really see that as a sign that this is a global sport. At the last 5 regular world championships (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018) only 13 nations have won team medals (in a total of 30 events), 10 of those nations are from Europe (Germany, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, France, Ukraine, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania), 2 are from Asia (China, South Korea) and 1 is from Northern America (USA) (surprisingly Japan hasn't won a single team medal if my research is correct ... ! ). Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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