Episode 5 part 2: Results round up and athlete social media

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Sean and Gav take you for a spin through recent Grand Prix results: from the epee in Doha, to sabre in Cancun.

Sean recommends you watch the Sabre, he was so impressed he takes back anything had he's said about the venue! Meanwhile Gav tips the Koreans for the rest of the Mens Epee season.

Before finishing the duo discuss what they like about athlete's us of social media.

Show notes:

(A couple of links were missed for part 1 and these are repeated below)

Part 1

In case you missed the notes from part 1 here they are below.

• British Fencing loses its funding for the World Class Programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/38260939
• Laurence Halsted writes in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/may/19/olympic-athletes-speak-out-politics-social-issues-laurence-halsted-fencer-rio-games
• Rio fails to auction off its Olympic venues http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazil-government-run-rios-olympic-park-venues-44373342

Part 2

• International Fencing Federation (FIE) results http://fie.org/results-statistic
• FIE Rankings http://fie.org/results-statistic/ranking
• Doha Grand Prix women’s epee finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awdusw0dvUM
• Doha Grand Prix men’s epee finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS13bPQ6FE0
• Cancun Grand Prix women’s sabre finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iod0kDTwQnE
• Cancun Grand Prix men’s sabre finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4luj4sMF10
• The Fencing Podcast on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thefencingpodcast/ Check out who we follow

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