Some great hits by the Russian in here. In general, the French fencer was doing a lot of circular blade motion, and Akhmatkhuzin was just avoiding the blade contact and hitting him with straight counterattacks. I also really like the circle-parry into the transfer all the way under at 0:52, and the feint to 4, cutover/disengage to 8 at 3:43. I'm gonna try both of those in class next week! Thanks for posting.
Helissey was mentally and spiritually broken (in in almost all cases like this, by himself). Self-doubt, reinforcing feedback from one mistake leads to greater mistakes.... been there. It's tough to crawl out of it, especially in the biggest competition venue in the world.
@Kali Tolles because the team decided that Zherebchenko wouldn't fence. Since Zherebchenko didn't fence in the entirety of the competition, he didn't receive the medal. Good thing for him though, he won the gold medal at men's individual foil's world championships (essentially a bit lesser Olympic that is held annually) the next year.
I believe so, he did have both his hips replaced in 2014, so despite his fencing skill being fine as you can see after the operations, it was probably a good idea to retire at (I think) 28 years old. Avoid the risk of severe problems developing!
@Ello. umm who asked, matter of fact no one asked for your negative attitude. Did your mom or dad die sike your dad went to go get milk and your mom is making out with the mailman.
Well probably to give him an Olympic medal since he needed to fence to get a medal. That's why Zherebchenko (Russian reserve) didn't get the gold since he never fenced in that competition.
@@christianalbertjahns2577 he beat race that season and was strong at every comp up to this. ( he also had two bouts go 14-15 with race if im not mistaken)
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Akhmatkhuzin was probably the fencer with the most "classical" style on the circuit before he retired, who do you think holds the title now?
Avola, probably.
Mepstead and Saito have also classsical style
@@clementzoccola240 Agreed! 😄
garozzo?
@@sldg_memes yes good one ☝
Some great hits by the Russian in here. In general, the French fencer was doing a lot of circular blade motion, and Akhmatkhuzin was just avoiding the blade contact and hitting him with straight counterattacks.
I also really like the circle-parry into the transfer all the way under at 0:52, and the feint to 4, cutover/disengage to 8 at 3:43. I'm gonna try both of those in class next week! Thanks for posting.
Agreed! 0:52 in particular is incredible incredible incredible
Helissey was mentally and spiritually broken (in in almost all cases like this, by himself). Self-doubt, reinforcing feedback from one mistake leads to greater mistakes.... been there. It's tough to crawl out of it, especially in the biggest competition venue in the world.
still sad moment for Zherebchenko though. He was there watching the fire but couldn't participate in said fire
@Kali Tolles because the team decided that Zherebchenko wouldn't fence. Since Zherebchenko didn't fence in the entirety of the competition, he didn't receive the medal. Good thing for him though, he won the gold medal at men's individual foil's world championships (essentially a bit lesser Olympic that is held annually) the next year.
I was fucking screaming at camp when this happened
Yeah what an incredible match 😃 Exactly what you want in an olympic final
There must've been an awkward conversation during the after party for the french team ...
😬 yuuuup
More rio 2016 content please! I can barely find any of it on TH-cam
You can find a lot of it on Olympic's official website
Glad you like it! It's rare cuz channels who post 2016 clips tend to die in mysterious circumstances.....
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This is fencing at its most exciting 😁 Comeback in an olympic final
so Akhmatkhuzin retired for medical reason?
I believe so, he did have both his hips replaced in 2014, so despite his fencing skill being fine as you can see after the operations, it was probably a good idea to retire at (I think) 28 years old. Avoid the risk of severe problems developing!
He is now a coach !!
I always liked his style, hopefully his students get some high placements at competitions, would love to see the Akhmatkhuzin produces
@Ello. umm who asked, matter of fact no one asked for your negative attitude. Did your mom or dad die sike your dad went to go get milk and your mom is making out with the mailman.
Sad reason why they played JPTH, because if he hadn't fenced that day, we wouldn't have gotten a medal
Well probably to give him an Olympic medal since he needed to fence to get a medal. That's why Zherebchenko (Russian reserve) didn't get the gold since he never fenced in that competition.
Anyway I am quite surprised that they chose Tony-Helissey as reserve rather than, say, Mertine, their reserve in 2015 World Championships
@@christianalbertjahns2577 he beat race that season and was strong at every comp up to this. ( he also had two bouts go 14-15 with race if im not mistaken)