Olympics Photo of the Day: A Moment of Victory

The enthusiasm of a fencer on a day filled with raw emotional reactions in Paris

Fencers can be very demonstrative during matches, and the impact of participating in the Olympics seems to intensity the many reactions of all competitors. Today’s photos from Paris, on day one of the Games, captured so many faces full of raw emotion, and I felt that this was a fantastic representative image of the moment.

Here, France’s Bolade Apithy celebrates after winning against Hungary’s András Szatmári in their men’s sabre individual round-of-32 bout at the Grand Palais in Paris.