The sport of fencing isn't exactly an activity that kids pick up everyday. However, two young athletes in Central Florida love it and are so good at it that they're living their Olympic dreams.

Some of the best young athletes are headed to Iowa next week for the Junior Olympics, including a fencing phenom from Orange County.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. Brevard County officials, along with Gov. Ron DeSantis, announced Thursday the Space Coast will host the 54th annual AAU Junior Olympic GamesThe Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games draw around 5,000 or more athletes as well as their couches and family members. The annual games were previously set to be held in Virginia this year but due to the coronavirus pandemic, AAU officials were notified they couldnt use any sports facilities in the state. AAU President Dr. Roger J. Goudy said the organization immediately began working with officials in Brevard County as an alternative location. The Junior Olympic Games will start the third or fourth week in July and run through the first week of August, according to AAU officials.

Brevard County has won the bid to host the 2020 Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games later this summer, News 6 partner Florida Today reports. The 2020 Junior Olympics also will include the first-ever Presidential Youth Fitness Program event as part of the games. Ron DeSantis will make the formal announcement about Brevard County hosting the Junior Olympics. This will be the 54th AAU Junior Olympics, and the second time the Junior Olympics will be held on the Space Coast, the first being in 1994. In all, 32 communities throughout the country have hosted the Junior Olympics since its inception in 1967.