Park Slope Olympic Fencer Race Imboden Handles Losing Like a Champ

With a name like Race, he was born to compete (side note: we're all collectively happy that fellow American Olympic athlete Destinee Hooker was destined to play volleyball, right?). Sadly, 19 year-old ginger-haired Park-Slope fencing prodigy Race Imboden was eliminated from Olympic competition this past Tuesday, but not after putting up a great fight and showing genuine sportsmanship. Park Slope moms, go ahead and pat yourselves on the back.

Though he started strong, taking an early victory against Brazilian star Guilherme Toldo, Imboden lost in the round of 16 to Italy’s 26-year-old Andrea Baldini. After being eliminated from the Men’s Individual Foil competition, the young gent took to his Facebook page to humbly thank his supporters with a heartfelt message quite mature beyond his 19 years.  

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