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Ben Bratton is the first African American and youngest American to win a gold medal in sport's world championship
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-- targeted net -- is everything from top of the head.
To the tips -- -- times a whole -- -- there is a double then Bratton is an unlikely champion of the unlikely sport.
A stand -- member of the US fencing team that just won America's first gold medal fencing world championship in Kiev Ukraine.
He's the first African American and youngest American ever to win -- team goal.
Is a great feeling to be at the forefront of something like that.
And I think it's great symbol -- progression like how far we've come that someone like me can break in and race wouldn't.
Impede.
My success.
He picked up the -- soared in Queens New York when he was ten years old part of a program bringing the unique sport to inner city -- you were never bullied.
-- -- -- I mean when you have a sword it's very hard to be bullied so the -- -- I never had trouble America and want us reading finished that and it's hard work and skill earned him high school and college scholarships is gold medal and maybe in four years a trip to the Olympics.
You don't look at all scared about fencing me.
And that then agreed to give me a shot at the title.
Well at least a chance to score -- point -- two any.
That's.
In real competitions -- often the only African Americans he said that adds pressure and makes him a target but also pushes him to excel.
Earning comparisons to ground breakers like Jackie Robinson Arthur Ashe and Tiger Woods.
The end of the day if I'm compared to.
To those great African American you know pioneers for their support.
Then things that's fine but I still have.
So much work to do that kind of get caught up with it's too soon it's way too soon.
Then coaches kids during the day and it's looking for sponsors to help him stay on top.
In New York Rick Leventhal --
