Nowhere is the U.S. more deep in fencing than in men’s foil, with four of the top 10 in the world.
Two of those four qualified for the Rio Olympics based on rankings updated after a competition last weekend — world No. 1 Alexander Massialas and No. 6 Gerek Meinhardt.
Expect No. 5 Race Imboden and No. 10 Miles Chamley-Watson to join them on the Rio team, qualifying by mid-April. That quartet also made up the 2012 U.S. Olympic men’s foil team.
Imboden and Chamley-Watson are now battling to see who will be the third individual U.