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Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. There are three forms of Olympic fencing: Foil — a light thrusting weapon; the valid target is restricted to the torso; double touches are not allowed.
212 fencing quota places, with an equal distribution between men and women, were available for Paris 2024, similar to the Tokyo 2020 roster size. Qualified NOCs could enter a maximum of eighteen fencers (nine per gender), with each consisting of a trio, whether men's or women's, across all weapon-based team events (foil, épée, and sabre).
The U.S. women’s fencing team made history on August 1 as it beat Italy in the foil team gold-medal match bout, earning its first team gold at the Olympics. ... In the video, the music ...
Star fencer Lauren Scruggs knew that she would be making history heading into her gold medal matchup against fellow American Lee Kiefer in the women's individual foil final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
On 24 July 2021, Streets in his Olympic debut, went viral on TikTok after he posted a video of him getting hit in his groin by Eli Dershwitz. The video amassed 6.5 million views and 1.2 million likes. His TikTok account and many of his videos showcasing his experience at the Olympics were picked up by a number of news outlets including E!
Lee Kiefer is the first American woman to win two gold medals in fencing. ... school at the University of Kentucky before taking a break prior to the 2020 Olympics to focus entirely on fencing.
Led by Lee Kiefer, the United States defeated Italy 45-39 to win the first team gold medal in U.S. fencing history. ... Olympic news. Team USA fencing scored big Thursday, defeating Italy 45-39 ...
The men's team foil returned in 1920 and has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1920 except 2008 (during the time when team events were rotated off the schedule, with only two of the three weapons for each of the men's and women's categories). The reigning Olympic champion is Russia (Aleksey Cheremisinov, Artur Akhmatkhuzin, and Timur Safin).