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Epee, foil or saber?That’s your choice of discipline to watch in Olympic fencing this summer.Hearst Olympic Photojournalist Domi Domalaog caught up with Gerek Meinhardt, a double bronze medalist, ahead of his fifth Games competing in foil.”People think of fencing, and they say, ‘Oh, it’s so artistic, and it looks beautiful…’ But it really is a combat sport,” Meinhardt said. “It does get very aggressive.”He was named among 20 U.S. competitors that Team USA fencing is sending to Paris this summer.Watch the video above to learn more.
Epee, foil or saber?
That’s your choice of discipline to watch in Olympic fencing this summer.
Hearst Olympic Photojournalist Domi Domalaog caught up with Gerek Meinhardt, a double bronze medalist, ahead of his fifth Games competing in foil.
“People think of fencing, and they say, ‘Oh, it’s so artistic, and it looks beautiful…’ But it really is a combat sport,” Meinhardt said. “It does get very aggressive.”
He was named among 20 U.S. competitors that Team USA fencing is sending to Paris this summer.
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