Direct Elimination Podcast

About Direct Elimination Podcast

The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts. The world of elite fencing's most relatable duo — Ari Simmons and Stephen Ewart of Team USA — team up to provide next-level access to life as a fencer as it unfolds. The two teammates drop insights about their journeys to qualify for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. They also endlessly rag on each other as friends do, chat about their sport and welcome some very popular and well-known friends to chat with them. Topics they explore: The mindset of world-class athletes Failure, resilience, and comeback stories NCAA & Olympic fencing insights The role of social media, culture, and community in sports Why athletes do what they do — and what keeps them fighting Subscribe for episodes that deliver real talk, laughs, and lessons — straight from the fencing strip to your headphones.

Publisher

Direct Elimination Podcast

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

31 Jul 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Canada's First Olympic Fencing Medalist Eleanor Harvey Talks Mentality, Pressure and Dealing with Success| The Will to Win Ep. 5

   Eleanor Harvey, Canada’s first Olympic Fencing medalist, gets deep about the emotional dysregulation she felt following the Paris Games, how she sets herself up for success, and what the will to win looks like in one of the sport’s top athletes. The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts. In this episode, you'll discover: • Why Eleanor deliberately kills her own ego before every tournament and why she believes that mental reflex is the reason she wins • The unexpected emotional crash afte...

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Sabre Olympian Kaito Streets on Learning from Losses and Chasing Greatness | The Will to Win Ep. 4

   Kaito Streets left Team USA to fence for Japan, where he has both missed and qualified for Olympic Games in the last 10 years. Through the ups, downs, wins and almosts of his career, Kaito's resilience speaks for itself. The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts. In this episode, you'll discover: • Why Kaito switched from representing the US to Japan, and what it meant to him in pride, perception, and belonging between two cultures • What it actually feels like to stand on the Olymp...

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Olympic Bronze Medalist and World #1 Mohamed Elsayed: Trusting Yourself When It Counts Most | The Will to Win Ep. 3

   How powerful is manifestation? In Paris 2024, Mohamed Elsayed won bronze, and then finally opened a video that he recorded on his phone in 2021. The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts. In this episode, you'll discover: • How Mohamed Elsayed turned years of one-touch losses in quarterfinals into the exact skills that won him an Olympic medal, and why he says he didn't know those losses were building something the whole time. • The multi-year promise: why Mo recorded a message to himself...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

28 ratings

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