RIO DE JANEIRO -- Little Daryl Homer saw a cool picture of a fencer in a book and wanted to try it. His mom was flummoxed. They lived on Gun Hill Road in the Bronx. Where could she find a place that taught such an upper-crust sport? Several years later, she saw a television commercial with a man fencing for the right to enter a taxi. The man with a sabre in his hand was Peter Westbrook.That moment came full circle Wednesday night in the Olympics, when Homer won silver in individual sabre. Its the first mens individual sabre medal for the United States since Westbrook won bronze in 1984.This has been a journey for 15 years, said Homer, who finished sixth in the 2012 Olympics. Im happy to be on the podium, happy to have competed, happy to have left it all out there. And happy that I had faith in my ability.Homers journey began at age 11, at the Peter Westbrook Foundation in New York City, which is dedicated to enriching the lives of youths from underserved communities. More than 4,000 participants have passed through the program since it was founded in 1991, 85 percent of them African-American or Latino.Homer and Westbrook are both African-American, and Westbrooks foundation has become a pipeline for black Olympic fencing talent. Westbrook himself competed in five Olympics. His program sent four black fencers to the 2004 Olympics. This year in Rio, black Westbrook alumni include Homer, Nzingha Prescod and Ibtihaj Muhammad, who competed for the U.S. wearing the hijab of her Muslim faith.Im always really happy to represent my community wherever I go, said Homer, 26. But I always tell people there are more black fencers than you think there are. There are more black fencers on the team [five of the 17 U.S. fencers are black] than people think there are, currently. So it is great to be able to represent my community, but this is a win for us; its a win for America.Homer is only the fourth American man to win an individual sabre Olympic medal, joining Westbrook, William Grebe (silver, 1904) and Albertson Van Zo Post (bronze, 1904).At a muscular 5-foot-8, Homer is small for a fencer but thrives on big stages. He has won several Pan American Games titles, and in 2015 he became the first American sabre fencer to medal at the world championships with a silver in Moscow.I love the pressure of it, I love being free, and I love putting all the marbles on the table and seeing whos gonna get em, said Homer, who is not lacking in confidence. Im an all-or-nothing dude.His profile has grown leading up to Rio, with appearances ranging from Vogue magazine to A$AP Fergs New Level video. But Homer struggled in competition after trying to tweak his technique after his silver at the 2015 worlds. I had to quiet my mind, stop thinking so much, trust the people around me, he said.One of those people was Westbrook. They spoke a half-dozen times per week as he trained for the Games.Take the pressure off, fence every touch and go for everything, Homer recalls Westbrook saying. Really enjoy yourself and have fun fencing. Sometimes the fun can get sucked out.I wouldnt have found an access point to fencing without Peter, Homer said, medal gleaming on his chest. So [without him], I probably wouldnt be here. Christine Michael Sr Jersey . The third-ranked Ivanovic, who won the event in 2008 and 10, served five aces and broke Wickmayer, also a former winner in 2009, five times. "The result looked easier than it really was," Ivanovic said. T.Y. Hilton Jersey . 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Hazard cut in from the left and scored with a swerving right-footed shot for ninth goal of the season, which proved to be enough for the victory despite Chelseas forwards again lacking a cutting edge up front. ANTALYA, Turkey -- Thorbjorn Olesen extended his lead to seven strokes at the Turkish Airlines Open after shooting 3-under 68 for his third round on Saturday, moving the Dane to the brink of a European Tour victory for the third straight year.It could have been even better for Olesen, who started the day six shots clear, but he bogeyed the 18th hole for his second dropped shot of the day after driving into the rough. He was on 18-under 195 overall.The 92nd-ranked Olesen is in line for the biggest payday of his career, with the winner earning nearly $1.2 million. His other three European Tour wins have come after holding the 54-hole lead.Five players -- David Lipsky (66), Bernd Wiesberger (66), Haotong Li (68), Matteo Manassero (68) and David Horsey (68) -- were tied for second place at Regnum Carya Golf and Spa Resort, which is hosting the first of three Finals Series events on the tour.Olesens form in Turkey is surprising, given he had made the weekend at just four of his last 13 events. His last win was at the Dunhill Linnks Championship in October 2015.ddddddddddddeturning after shooting 62 on Friday, Olesen birdied the second and sixth holes before picking up more shots with three straight birdies from No. 14.Its obviously difficult to try and keep making birdies after a day like yesterday, Olesen said. I thought I did very well mentally. I was very patient out there. 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