2012 Olympics: Who are you following?

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

OK, I may know the first thing about fencing
- stab your opponent before he stabs you.

But, I don't know the (second) thing about fencing
Still..., I got a big kick out of the Women's Foil event this morning,
and the 18yr old, Lee Keifer, who is representing the US.

Each time she scored a point, she squealed an exuberant "YES !" and even
behind the mask and all the paraphernalia you could see her disgust when she lost one.
She won the very close match in Overtime by scoring 15 points.

Kentucky can be proud...

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The rest of NBC's stations with Olympics were tennis, cycling, and soccer.
At this point my reactions were: Ho-Hum.

She is a brilliant fencer. Lil Pete was in an event with her once. She didn't get to fence her but watching her was a bucket of cold water for any nascent Olympic dreams. The battle cry stuff isn't joy. It's gamesmanship. You'll notice a pattern of admitting through lack of cry that touches were not made early but late in the bout they try to influence the director with a confident shout. It used to be considered poor sportsmanship. If a fencer yells toward their opponent instead of the director or into space they can be carded. Her little sister is supposed to be better, if that can be believed!