Italian Fencer Marco Tricarico in NYC…

Thank You Mr Taxi Cab 5L36 for trying to overcharge me…(Yeah to NYC for this new precaution!)

Commercial with Fencing and Super model Teresa Lourenco for Campari Red Passion Alcohol

Fencing commercial for alcohol brand…interesting…fencing is EVERYWHERE!

Fencer’s Butt Anyone? Hilarious Picture!

Found this gem online…so funny!

Fencer’s have the best butts around. Period.  Go Fencing!

My new Super Sock! The Strassburg Sock stretches your foot to assist against Plantar Fascitis!

Cool Fencing Picture of the Day: Mike Momtselidze – 2008 NCAA Championships at Ohio State

Two Years to London Olympics Celebration: “The Olympics Are Like Chronicles of Narnia”

Along with my fellow fencing Olympic teammates Keeth Smart, Erinn Smart and Susie Paxton we attended a celebration held by the British Consulate on the HMS Albion docked at NYC.

On hand were numerous Olympians, dignitaries and others to celebrate the half-way point to the next Summer Olympic Games!

You can check out the article here:
http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/other-locations/ny/news/hms-albion/

And, my interview where I compared the Olympics to the Chronicles of Narnia…

BBC News: Fencing Pin Up Makes Her Point

I checked the data on my blog today and saw an EXPLOSION of searches for Olga Kharlan, the Ukrainian Olympic women’s saber gold medalist in team from Beijing….

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Turns out BBC news had a world-wide feature on her…some of the story is below and there is also a link to a great interview of her as well!

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Go fencing and love the world-wide publicity!  Will she be our first international star? We could use one!

By Ollie Williams BBC Sport

“I still don’t realise I’m a sports star.”

In most people’s books, Olga Kharlan would not be one. But, while fencing struggles to find an audience in many countries, the 19-year-old sabre specialist helped it onto the Ukrainian front pages with one of the most memorable displays of the Beijing Games. READ MORE:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/world_olympic_dreams/8802514.stm

Interestingly enough…BBC news will be tracking Olga’s Olympic qualification and there is a place to email her questions within the story…wonder how they selected Kharlan versus our very own Zagunis for example?

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World Class

Olga Kharlan is one of the athletes being tracked for World Class 2012 in partnership with the British Council.

Cool Fencing Picture of the Day: Mona Shaito Prepares for Youth Olympics!

Plus a nice article on one of our young up and coming fencer’s Mona Shaito!

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/garland/stories/DN-fencer_25met.ART.East.Edition1.4d72a1b.html

Apolo Ohno Helps Announce New US Olympic Partnership with BMW

8-Time Olympic Speed-skating Medalist Apolo Ohno (After a great visit to the Today Show) along with other members of the US Olympic Family were on-hand at the BMW dealership on 57th and 11th street in NYC for the big announcement that BMW has re-joined the Olympic Movement as a sponsor of Team USA!

BMW will be sponsoring the USOC directly as well as four sports: Speedskating, Bobsled/Skeleton, Swimming and Track and Field.

What is most interesting about this partnership is that they plan to not only provide funds, but also be a resource for improving the technology of our athlete’s equipment to help them go faster!

So, what has Ohno been doing since the Olympics? He’s got a book coming out in October (I will definitely check that out) and he’s currently trying to build a career in TV.  (Best of Luck Apolo! You’re a true Olympic hero!)

Tonight, I’ll be joining teammates Keeth Smart, Erinn Smart, Susie Paxton for an event with the British Consulate to celebrate the two-year countdown to the London Olympics!!!