Team USA’s best will be out in full force this weekend from Tyson Gay to May-Treanor/Walsh, and Jozy Altidore to Mariel Zagunis.
Let’s go Team USA!
Check out what’s happening here:
http://www.teamusa.org/news/2011/06/10/olympic-weekend-preview/42768
Cool stuff from Mariel and her sponsor Nike!
Mariel Zagunis has a saber blade named after her so it is not surprising that there is now a dog named after her as well! She amongst other fencers including Olympians Montano, Tarantino, Sanzo, Pina and Tan each have one of these magnificent dogs bearing their names in Spain. The dogs are Canary Island Mastiffs.
The dogs are bred by a fencing referee who in an ode to the sport he loves has named many of his animals after fencers! You can check out his website www.fencingdogs.com and if you’re a fencer you too may have one named after you! He also breeds some beautiful Pugs.
No Morehouse one that I could find, but I can always dream!
This is Tarantino...Apparently he and the Montano dog didn't get along and had to be separated! Tarantino (the dog that is) now resides in Atlanta, GA!
You can check out a few more pictures of the dogs here:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.183696011682174.60501.144092338975875
Want to know what’s happening with your favorite fencers? Everything from their favorite meal to cook to how their doing in their Olympic bids for London 2012 can be found on facebook!
Gerek Meinhardt recently created a FB fanpage and I just wanted to encourage everyone to “like” his as well as some of our other fencers pages. Believe it or not, if our fencers have more followers it will help them get sponsorships and support. So, a simple act can go a long way!
Here are some of the Olympic and Olympic Hopeful pages “out there” for Team USA Fencing:
Gerek Meinhardt
http://www.facebook.com/gerekmeinhardt
Mariel Zagunis
http://www.facebook.com/MarielZagunis
Ibtihaj Muhammad
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ibtihaj-Muhammad/165214850191487
Ben Bratton
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Bratton/168052623253322
Tim Morehouse
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tim-Morehouse/144092338975875
If you know of any more, please send them my way and I’ll add them!
Source: fencing.net by Craig Harkins
The rivalry between Ukraine’s Olga Kharlan and USA’s Mariel Zagunis is doing just fine. The Ukrainian team anchor notched the victory at the Women’s Sabre World Cup event this weekend in London, England where she defeated Italy’s Gioia Marzocca in the finals. Mariel Zagunis took 3rd after losing to Marzocca in the semi-finals.
Full Article: http://www.fencing.net/3933/zagunis-3rd-in-london-kharlan-notches-world-cup-victory/
A great picture from Olympic Fencing Champion Mariel Zagunis’s fan page.
Psst you should support her by “liking” her page!
Congrats to Mariel!
From fencing.net:
Mariel Zagunis continued her march to London 2012 with a commanding performance in the finals in Orleans, France. She defeated the Cecilia Berder (FRA) 15-4 in the final bout in front of an audience of 5,000. In the semi-finals, Zagunis dispatched Russian Sohpia Velikaia 15-5. Velikaia’s teammate, Ekaterina Diatchenko (RUS) tied with Velikaia for 3rd.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.fencing.net/3904/mariel-zagunis-wins-orleans-sabre-world-cup/)
Interview by Harry Cigma
This morning with my teammate, Olympic and world Champion Mariel Zagunis, we went to the PIX 11 Morning News program to talk fencing and Fencing Masters NYC!
We had a blast! Hopefully people will watch and buy tickets!
Got yours? www.fencingmastersnyc.com/tickets.html
I’ll get the video up later when they post it. The weather person actually took one of our sabers and did the traffic report with it. It was pretty funny!
Later today, I’ll be taping a segment with WABC News with Aldo Montano at 1pm for the evening news (6pm airing) and also appearing on Bloomberg News around 3pm.
