Eleanor Harvey of Calgary takethe bronze to win Canada's first Olympic fencing

Calgary's Eleanor Harvey  gained  a bronze medal Sunday to  end up  the primary  Canadian to win an  man or woman  fencing medal.

Harvey withstood a fierce comeback  with the aid of using  Italy's Alice Volpi, who rebounded from a 10-  four  deficit to knot the  rating  at 10 apiece  earlier than  Harvey reeled off  5  factors  to win 15-12.


The Calgary resident, a  beyond  CTV Athlete of the Week,  had a  massive  comeback win herself, coming from  at the back of  to conquer  Italian Martina Favaretto 15-14  withinside the  quarterfinals  in advance  Sunday after  additionally  trailing 10-  four .

However,  a pair  hours later  withinside the  semi-finals her  good fortune  ran out    towards  American Lauren Scruggs, who beat her 15-  nine  to  improve  to the gold medal  suit .

Scruggs  managed  the  suit  early,  leaping  out to a  four -  zero  lead  earlier than  Harvey  reduce  the deficit to 5-  three  earlier than  the  quit  of  the primary  round.

The 29-year-old,  at the beginning  from Hamilton,  become  a silver medallist in  each  the  man or woman  and  group  foil  activities  in  ultimate  year's Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.


Eleanor Harvey is a fencer  at the  upward thrust  and she or he 's our Athlete of the Week. Glenn Campbell reports

Team Canada Fan Fest, on Stephen Avenue  among  1 Street S.E. and 1 Street S.W.,  become  the  web website online  of a  satisfied  watch  celebration  Sunday afternoon,  wherein  some of  fellow Olympians watched Harvey make Canadian fencing history.

Joseph Polossifakis, who  completed  withinside the  Top 25 in men's fencing  on the  2016 Rio Olympics, summed it up succinctly.

"It's huge, it's  anciental  and I'm very  happy with  Eleanor.," Polossifakis  stated .  "I've  recognized  her a  long term  and it's  actually  proper  to peer  her pull this off!"


Canadian Olympian Joseph Polossifakis watched Eleanor Harvey win  the primary  Canadian fencing medal  withinside the  Olympics Sunday in downtown Calgary

Olympic fencer Kelleigh Ryan, who competed at Tokyo in 2020,  stated  it  become  tough  to  method  what a  anciental  second  Harvey's medal  become  for her sport.

"I  realize  how  tough  she's worked, I  realize  how  tough  her coaches have worked – they deserve this – I  realize  the  private  battles she's been  thru  to get to this point.," Ryan  stated .

"It's so  terrific  for her," she  brought . "it's so  terrific  for her coach -- and it's  terrific  for Canadian fencing,  that is  up-and-coming in  such a lot of  ways."


Kelleigh Ryan, who  become  a fencer  at the  Canadian Olympic  group  at Tokyo in 2020, talks  approximately  Eleanor Harvey's  anciental  medal Sunday in downtown Calgary

Polossifakis  stated  a medal  second  like Harvey's  could  assist  develop  the game  in Canada,  wherein  fencing flies  a touch  below  the  sports activities  radar  maximum  days.
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"It's been  each  fencer's dream to get an Olympic medal,  and she or he  just  pulled it off," he  stated .

"What it's gonna do," he  brought , "is  encourage  any other  technology  to  maintain  doing this, and we're gonna get  any other  medal, very  quickly  I hope – I can see that happening – and  encourage  any other  technology  (of  younger  fencers) and  sources  with any luck  to  maintain  doing this  extra  constantly  on the  (Olympic)  Games."
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"It's all  absolutely  surreal,"  brought  Ryan, "  however  I  additionally  absolutely  trust  in Canadian fencing .

"I can't wait  to peer  what's  subsequent  for us."

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