Could America`s wokest sport really be ... fencing?
(The Guardian Sports News)

Fencer Race Imboden caused a stir when he knelt for the anthem at the Pan-Am Games. But his sport is more diverse than many would thinkIf you think fencing, you may think of a sport practiced by the upper classes everywhere from elite universities to the denouement of Hamlet. Or you may picture Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, a film that put Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes through rigorous training to play the chivalrous duelists who became allies after a breathtaking scene that name-dropped actual fencing masters Bonetti, Capo Ferro, Thibault and Agrippa.But, in the United States at least, fencing isn´t just a pastime for the ossified, insular gitem. The American fencing community is relatively diverse and worldly. So it´s no surprise that someone from this cosmopolitan community, Race Imboden, has taken athlete protests to the next level by kneeling on the podium after winning gold at the Pan-Am Games. Continue reading...