The teaching weapon for the other swords, it has a flexible blade and is used ... Short answer, no. Weapon touches typically do not hurt when playing correctly. Fencing is one of the safest Olympic ...

But after seeing Yuki Ota clinch silver in the foil―Japan’s first individual medal in fencing―at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he picked up the sword. Then he switched to the epee while at ...

Ndolo sealed her Olympics ticket in March and since ... and a protective “plastron” that covers the torso, fencing shoes and sword arm. Women will also need a chest guard.

The Olympic fencing competitions continue on Sunday, July 28 with the women’s individual foil and men’s individual epee events. American Lee Kiefer, the defending gold medalist from Tokyo, is the ...

Evidence of sword-based dueling can be traced back ... since 2021 and will reopen specifically to host the fencing program at the Olympics. Tickets for all medal sessions originally cost between ...

sought to bring in a major name from USA Fencing for a localized fencing camp in Aspen, he wasn’t seeking an Olympic gold medalist. But when Jackie Dubrovich won team gold alongside three other ...

TAKASAKI, Gunma Prefecture--Kazuyasu Minobe, who won Japan’s first Olympic gold medal in fencing in the men’s team epee event on July 30, trembled when he received a surprise 100-million-yen ( ...

The Grand Palais was graced not just by fencing swords but also by the seven-time F1 champion’s presence, as Hamilton turned his support into a full-blown Olympic spectator experience.

After writing her name into the fencing record books in Hong Kong ... her sights on representing the United States at the 2028 Olympics. At 15 years and 10 months, Liu became the youngest winner ...