France’s Manon Apithy Brunet’s Olympic fencing journey began at Rio 2016, where she ended in 4th place. Falling just short of her goal, this experience showed Apithy Brunet that winning a gold medal was a possibility. It built confidence that she was strong and improving and instilled in her an unending drive to get back to the Olympics and avenge her loss.  In Tokyo, in the team silver and individual bronze wins, she saw her own greatness. She knew she was one of the best and wante...