The Olympic Games in Tokyo are just three months away, and one athlete from the Bronx is ready to go for gold. Daryl Homer is an Olympic silver medalist fencer whose sponsor, Ralph Lauren, created the uniforms Team USA will be wearing at the closing ceremonies when the Olympics wrap.
Homer competed in the 2012 Olympics and then won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games in men’s saber fencing. He’s the first American to win Olympic silver in the category since 1904. Homer told NY1’s George Whipple why he loves the sport.
“I love that fencing is equal parts physical ability, mental ability, emotional control,
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