It isn't just that the players weren't american, it's the sport as well. When I was in fencing school in the US, the coach had to order the tapes of the fencing

It isn't just that the players weren't american, it's the sport as well. When I was in fencing school in the US, the coach had to order the tapes of the fencing bouts of the olympics, because they weren't even shown on TV in the US.