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Arianna Errigo (L) competes against Carolin Golubytskyi (R) in the final of the women's foil event, 2013 World Fencing Championships. A foil is one of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. It is a flexible sword of total length 110 cm (43 in) or under, rectangular in cross section, weighing under 500 g (18 oz), with a blunt tip. [1]
The 12th-seeded Meinhardt advanced to the round of 16 in men’s individual foil fencing before losing 15-10 to No. 5 seed Enzo Lefort of France on Monday. ... VIDEO: Tornado flips cars, damages ...
American Lauren Scruggs made history at the Paris Olympics on Sunday when she took the silver medal in women’s foil fencing. ... 21, told NBC News in a video interview. “I hope to be an ...
Lee Kiefer is the first American woman to win two gold medals in fencing. ... Ultimately it was Kiefer, the defending gold medalist in women's individual foil from the 2020 Tokyo Games, who came ...
Japan qualified one men's foil fencer through normal individual qualification and used two host quota places to complete a men's foil team. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for fencing, moving the close of the rankings period back to April 5, 2021 rather than the original April 4, 2020.
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified fencers in the men's foil. Nations were limited to three fencers each from 1928 to 2004. However, the 2008 Games introduced a rotation of men's team fencing events with one weapon left off each Games; the individual event without a corresponding team event had the number of fencers per nation reduced to two.
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The men's foil competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 7 August at the Carioca Arena 3. [1] The medals were presented by Paul Tergat, IOC member, Kenya and Donald Anthony Jr., Executive Board Member of FIE.