Rio 2016 Olympics Crush

Source: www.ncaa.com

It's Olympic season and here, I find myself crushing on a 22-year-old foil fencer, who happens to be very exceptional at his sport. 

The story here was during another boring weekend afternoon with my sister and I browsing through the channels hosting the Rio 2016 Olympics when we both came across a duel between a Russian and a British fencer. Fencing was never an interesting sport for me. I did find it interesting when I saw Lindsey Lohan sparring herself (or not) in The Parent Trap when I was eight though.

I was engrossed with Kruse's and Safin's bout that I actually watched all throughout the latter's bronze win. A little while later, Darth Vader's iconic theme song the Imperial March started playing and two notably appealing fencers came into view (I have to hand it to Garozzo, he is darn straight handsome but Alex's charm won me over because hell yeah I am a sucker for Asian beauties).

So I stayed through the whole game and was a bit sad when Garozzo won the gold. Alex's posture says much of his dismay to a very close step for the gold, but hey, a silver's not bad either especially since it was a very long time since the USA had won a medal in foil fencing. By this time around, I was pretty much obsessed with this cute guy. I needed to know more about a certain Alexander Massialas - and I thank modern technology and social media for it.

With my superb (if I say so myself) fangirl stalking skills, I have found quite a few informative stuff about him: the basics, his history as an athlete and I actually found an interest in fencing! Lucky for me he still had an event coming up: the Men's Foil Team with Gerek Meinhardt, Miles Chamley-Watson and Race Imboden where they'll be vying for the bronze with the Italian Foil Team. I was heartbroken during the exact time it was supposed to air in my country because there was no channel hosting it; I was literally bawling on the floor while my sister had it filmed on her phone whilst laughing uncontrollably, jerk. Luckily, there was a replay of the game, and on a Saturday!

I was jittery the whole time I watched the replay even when I already knew they got the bronze. I know, weird. But I couldn't explain the rush of adrenaline even when I was only seated comfortably and not even remotely moving a muscle, eyes concentrated on the television screen. 

Fast forward to present time, I only get minimal updates from him because he rarely updates his social media accounts (not very friendly to a fangirl) but a true blue fangirl must have her resources, so I am depending my updates from his team mate and friend, Race Imboden, who happens to be a very reliable source of Alex's whereabouts (I used to be very judge-y about Instagram stories but this is currently giving me life! Thank you Instagram! Though I still very much love Snapchat, teehee).