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Fencing Mens Epée Individual Gold Medal | Tokyo Replays

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France’s Romain Cannone has had the Games of his life by beating world champion Hungary’s Gergeley Siklosi in the final of the men’s individual épée at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The 24-year-old rank outsider, who was making his Olympic debut, took command of the contest from the start by going 2-0 up before world ranked number one, Siklósi, scored a point. The final result was 15-10.
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20 Comments

@KatonRyu 4 years ago

To make this achievement even more amazing, look at the world rankings of the people he beat: he beat 9th ranked Limardo, 7th ranked Verwijlen, 2nd ranked Bida, 3rd ranked Reizlin, and finally 1st ranked Siklosi. He could not have had a more difficult route, and yet he pulled it off. He beat the entire World Top 3 in a row.

@eedobee 4 years ago

Match begins at 7:45

@Marquisex 5 years ago

I just love how they came out to Imperial March. There's actually a lightsaber form in Star Wars very reminiscent of fencing.

@OlympicFoil 5 years ago

10:37 is sooooo cool 🔥

@jadyn6291 5 years ago

I don’t know much about fencing but Cannone seems very feisty. He’s quick, jumpy, nimble, cat-like, maybe a little more unpredictable? Fascinating to watch

@custer3176 5 years ago

The first hit is so nice. It almost looked effortless

@ralual 5 years ago

Gergely Siklosi made the greatest Olympic entrance ever

@gianniskiritsis2808 5 years ago

I thought Darth Vader would appear from the dark with his lightsaber and started to slay every other competitor

@CozyRogers 4 years ago

Amazing come-from-nothing story aside, Cannone's style was so exciting to watch. Quick movement and outside-the-box tactics. Even just watching his footwork alone and comparing it to his opponent's -- it's as if he's a rabbit or something.

@azzurama 4 years ago

just watch a Korean drama related to fencing now im here, kinda fun to watch because the footwork somehow similar to Karate

@MendingWall1914 4 years ago

i love that little move Cannone does where he tucks himself into a little ball and goes for the legs, makes him a much smaller target and takes advantage of his opponent's sturdier build and height.

@SEEMASHARMA-wb2wo 1 year ago

Epee is my personal favourite

@actdimensions 5 years ago

Wait.... Did they just play the Darth Vader theme from start wars?!?!?!?

@TryphonOnPython 5 years ago

10:46 that was a very impressive doge he did

@mingismelon9675 2 years ago

I love how nerdy our sport is- Olympic final and Star Wars is playing in the background 😂😂

@zilliq 4 years ago

Everytime I watch fencing I'm surprised how short the match is, 3 bouts of 3min and 15 points happens so fast, 16min total with time-offs. I wish there was more