Fencing, the sport of sword fighting, is played on a 14-meter-long metal strip known as a piste. A competition between two fencers is called a bout. Fencers earn points in a bout by scoring touches on ...
To the casual observer, fencing unfolds quickly with a familiar cadence. Fencers attack, blades clash, hits fall, points accumulate. But to the person behind the mask and holding the sword, every ...
China's Sun is the only women's individual epee medalist from Tokyo to return to the Games. She won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2023 World Fencing Championships. Despite this, Sun's ...
PARIS — The fans at fencing are among the loudest and most passionate at the Paris Olympics, especially when France is challenging for a gold medal. They usually leave disappointed. Italy overcame a ...
— Olga Kharlan, Ukraine: One of Ukraine’s best hopes for Olympic success against the backdrop of war, Kharlan had a unique route to the Paris Games. Kharlan was drawn against Russian fencer Anna ...
There have been a lot of great performers representing the epee weapon on the strip this season, many of whom will be competing in the State Individual Tournament, and others that are fencing in their ...
Dubai: Former world contestants joined local talents Maria and Mihail Kouzev in conducting an Epee fencing workshop in Dubai last week. Maria and Mihail Kouzev joined Jan Bade, the President of the ...
PARIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Hungary did just enough to dethrone Tokyo champions Japan and snatch gold in the men's epee team event at the Paris Olympics on Friday after cruising through the early rounds.