French fencer Enzo Lefort won a bronze medal in the 2014 World Championships and was the European and World team champion in 2014. He is also a millennial and couldn’t separate himself from his phone for the length of a fencing match.
When the 24-year-old dropped his cell in the middle of a bout with Germany’s Peter Joppich, he had to stop to pick it up.
When you're fencing in the Olympics but your timeline is still lit. 🔥📱https://t.co/W4MWrbJOOJ https://t.co/NLy2KNrnYc
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 9, 2016
And the internet responded as the internet does, with humor:
Trying to hatch that egg of course… @PokemonGoApp #CatchEmAll https://t.co/LAPgcmm0sN
— Nathan Guerra (@Nathan__Guerra) August 9, 2016
Some of us just have to stay connected.
— Chad A. Griffiths (@a_simple_tailor) August 9, 2016
Hey, at least he didn’t check for any missed texts or take a swipe through Tinder.