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Keeth Smart is already the first American to be ranked the best fencer in the world. On Thursday, he leaves to China for his third Olympic Games. "I'm really proud just to have been a kid from Brooklyn,"

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Keeth Smart is already the first American to be ranked the best fencer in the world. On Thursday, he leaves to China for his third Olympic Games. "I'm really proud just to have been a kid from Brooklyn,"

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