FC Barcelona striker Antoine Griezmann shared his reaction on Twitter when Romain Cannone won gold in the Men?s Epee individual event. Antoine is an avid sports fan and has shown his love for multiple sports and athletes on his social media.
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Being a French citizen, he was naturally rooting for Team France at the Olympics. He shared his excitement with his 8 million Twitter fans as Romain Cannone secured the winning point for the gold in the Men?s Epee Individual.?
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Romain Cannone, an underdog story
Going into the Olympics, Romain Cannone was not even close to being the favorite to win the Individual Epee event. He went into the event ranked World No. 47 and walked out with the gold.?
The French Epee fencer is relatively younger than the rest of the competition at 24. He also has less experience and titles to his name. He has been around the World No. 47 rank since 2018 and has not won any international titles.?
This was his first international medal, and boy, what a medal to win! In the Semi-finals, Cannone beat Igor Reizlin of Ukraine 15-10 to advance to the finals. He then beat Gergely Siklosi of Hungary in the finals with a score of 15-10 to win the gold.?
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Men's individual epee / podium🥇Romain Cannone #FRA
🥈Gergely Siklosi #HUN
🥉Igor Reizlin #UKRCongratulations!#fencing #Olympics #unitedbyemotion #strongertogether pic.twitter.com/TDgo8MFt5Z
— FIE (@FIE_fencing) July 25, 2021
Siklosi himself is a young fencer, but unlike Cannone, he?s been consistently placing in the top rankings after winning the World Championship Gold in Epee in 2019. He struggled to find a podium despite placing well in World Cups after that.?
This silver medal will cement his status as one of the up-and-coming Epee Fencers in today?s era.
Antoine Griezmann’s reaction?
The FC Barcelona ace was seen wearing a basketball jersey as he recorded the final moments of the Men?s individual Epee Finals. The Frenchman celebrates along with Romain Cannone and looks elated.
OUIIII CANNONE !!!! 🇫🇷 MEDAILLE D'OR 🥇@EquipeFRA pic.twitter.com/1hAw2ubZO7
— Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann) July 25, 2021
The video has now surpassed over 800k views as his French fans shared their excitement in the comments section and by reposting the tweet.?
