Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: First to 15: The USA Fencing Podcast
Episode: Khalil Thompson on Overcoming Anxiety and Depression and Making the Olympics
Description: In this episode of First to 15, we're joined by saber fencer and 2020 Olympian Khalil Thompson. Khalil is currently ranked in the top 50 in the world in men's saber. He represented Team USA at the 2019 Senior World Championships, the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Senior World Championships. And he's a three-time national champion in the Division I Men's Saber Team Event as a member of the team from the Peter Westbrook Foundation. In this episode, we asked Khalil whether he was competitive with his older sister (also a phenomenal fencer), his struggles with anxiety and depression, and ho...