David was robbed on that last point but without a video replay it was so difficult to call. Both highly talented fencers and the score line reflected this.
Yeah… it’s a spot of bad luck there’s no slow mo replay for the ref. at full speed it looked to me like maybe left fencer did attack no… but upon slow mo review it’s clearly still his attack. At full speed with no video review with a tricky phrase like that…this ref has my sympathy.
Kind of interesting. I fenced competitively a couple decades ago and most directors in that era would have awarded the touch for the fencer on the right, calling it attack in prep. Right of way keeps changing!
@@kevind1183 definitely attack in prep. fencer on left was not attacking and stopped in place for too long, fencer on right took up and left fencer reacted. attack in prep right.
@@kevind1183had the right just did a straight lunge it would definitely be attack in prep but he tried to duck and cover his chest after the lunge which means it a counter attacks, therefore attack left
I would say, the last one should have been given to the left, since the person on the right covered his chest after the attack, implying his attack was not confident, counter attack, although he did it during prep of the left. Totally, the attack from the left looked to have more priority than the right.
Seems like there's no blade contact on the last hit and Williams is clearly advancing with right of way plus he has not pulled his arm up into a preparation, so Cook's lunge is a counter-attack, the call is clear: attack, counter-attack, touch to Williams. Unless the ref saw a small beat from Cook while he was going in for the counter. You can hear that more than see it in the video so maybe that's what he called.
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David was robbed on that last point but without a video replay it was so difficult to call. Both highly talented fencers and the score line reflected this.
I’ve seen this ref mess up even with video 😅
bru the last call 💀
Yeah… it’s a spot of bad luck there’s no slow mo replay for the ref. at full speed it looked to me like maybe left fencer did attack no… but upon slow mo review it’s clearly still his attack.
At full speed with no video review with a tricky phrase like that…this ref has my sympathy.
lol
Kind of interesting. I fenced competitively a couple decades ago and most directors in that era would have awarded the touch for the fencer on the right, calling it attack in prep. Right of way keeps changing!
@@kevind1183 definitely attack in prep. fencer on left was not attacking and stopped in place for too long, fencer on right took up and left fencer reacted. attack in prep right.
@@kevind1183had the right just did a straight lunge it would definitely be attack in prep but he tried to duck and cover his chest after the lunge which means it a counter attacks, therefore attack left
I would say, the last one should have been given to the left, since the person on the right covered his chest after the attack, implying his attack was not confident, counter attack, although he did it during prep of the left. Totally, the attack from the left looked to have more priority than the right.
oof that last call was not pleasant but a great match to watch!
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bro my volume was so loud i got so scared
Seems like there's no blade contact on the last hit and Williams is clearly advancing with right of way plus he has not pulled his arm up into a preparation, so Cook's lunge is a counter-attack, the call is clear: attack, counter-attack, touch to Williams. Unless the ref saw a small beat from Cook while he was going in for the counter. You can hear that more than see it in the video so maybe that's what he called.
Shit last call
Super annoying screeching from the fencer on the left. Would have been better with less of that.