(Throwback) Athens 2004 Olympic Games - Individual Men's Foil Finals' Highlights 

I find this style of foil much more entertaining than the slow, pressing tactics that have become common. Bring back the old timing.

3:27 that was badass. Fencing was so fun and dynamic back then and full of flicks. I love it.

I really appreciate this. There are so many matches that have gotten lost in time before youtube. Keep making these please!

If I had a dollar for every time someone went for a flick, I could buy a plane ticket to Tokyo in 2020, bribe the members of the Olympic committee to let me fence, bribe the refs to let me win gold, buy another flight home, and would still have enough money to pay off the mortgage on my house. Haha, great video as always.

Foil? Flexible Sabre? Cutting Épeé? Heavy Reaper? Gripping Hotel? Trivago Btw I am not sponsoring Trivago :)

I forgot that this was in the era where flicking was such a central part of foil fencing. I certainly don't miss the fact that these guys were fleching at each other most of the time. XD! Still, there were some amazing hits. Although most of these guys are retired (Guyart, Sanzo and Ganeev), they were real powerhouses back in the day.

I'm French and wasn't born but that's what I call fencing particularly foil Good job your videos are really great and sorry I don't speak English well

Wow that was absolutely mind blowingly amazing.

the 13 touch from Brice it's just,,,, AMAZING of POWER

That last touch from Guyart against Cassarà is probably my favorite touch from men's foil of all time. 2:40

I miss this foil!!! This was how it was when I first started fencing!! I forgot how dynamic it really was.

thanks you men for that replay

3:28 did sanzo just do a taunt

1:06 is 🔥

After Sydney 2000 ,,,,,,Athens 2004 ,,,, well done Brice

3:26 LOL!!!! What's so smart about this is the referee couldn't even see it, only showed on the replay... And it worked! Provoked the riposte and whipped him like a viper. I have to say, mixed feelings about the changes but generally good. Yes, this was more fast and athletic like Sabre, but in my opinion this type of fencing back then did not lend itself nearly as well to complex actions. Yes, these men are amazing, but in my opinion the blade & footwork of the next generation like Meinhardt, Garozzo, Son (KOR), Matsuyama, Alex Massialas, the modern changes have forced elite foilists to become far better at actual blade exchanges and picking the moment. Controversial opinion.. But flicking to the shoulder, chest and back is not hard when the blade is as light as Spaghetti and the box registers so soft a hit it barely depressed the tip. Now, you need to hit the flick Very solid, and are punished greatly for rushing. This forces you to negotiate the blade a Lot more and pick the moment, aka more fencing less running and whipping. Is it as dramatic and fast? Maybe not. But I think the overall skill has risen as a response to the changes, it's not just a different style it's more difficult to score a touch now and so people have improved their footwork and blade work to make due. Overall the changes in Sabre and Foil seem to promote more technique, less athleticism.

Nice concept thanks you !

Please, make video about men's team foil rio 2016

for me the Atlanta Games in 2004 are the best❤

Will you do Sydney and Peking Olympic too?

That was all heart from Guyart.

Can you post the smeilfinal with renal ganeev

The arrogance tho...3:28😆😆😆

Fly-fishing by JR Hartley

Soooo much flicking

So foil fencing masks in 2004 don't have lame on it?

Sanzo behaved in a horribly disgusting way. Shame on the sport, it's no coincidence that he lost.

What this video shows is the failure of the FIE to reform and makes less errors since more than 20 years. Already errors on blade research, go forward with bent arm, "menace" with flicks, not enouth real attack, already not dialogue. => No problem of yesterday has been solved. (Apart : facility to touch and time to touch when already touched

Oh lala c'est France ou Italy qui gagne ? En plus il parle français.

👎🇫🇷 France mer