Show Caption Hide Caption Olympics: What are the four new sports to debut this year in Tokyo? Climbers, skaters, surfers and karatekas are Olympics bound for the first time at the Tokyo games this summer. Staff Video, USA TODAY The foil, he grasped. Fun this, yes? Many years later and off to the Olympics, he is. Meet the Grand Master Yoda of Ohio State fencing: Diego Cervantes. “It started with Star Wars. I thought, ‘Hey, fencing is kind of like that, so I’ll try it,’ ” the 20-year-old Cervantes said of his initial interest in a sport — and organized sword play is a sport, not just recreational activity — that has led the OSU junior across Mexico and now to Tokyo, where he will compete for his native Mexico in the Olympics. He will be joined by three former Buckeyes competing for Canada: Marc-Antoine Blais Belanger, Alanna Goldie and Eleanor Harvey. “I just jumped…
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