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Japan won its second fencing gold medal of the Paris Olympics by beating Italy 45-36 in the last bout of the Games in the men's team foil final Sunday. Japan's alternate, Yudai Nagano, came in for ...
South Korean fencer Oh Sanguk held on against an opponent considered one of the greatest of all time to win his second gold medal of the Paris Olympics in men's team saber on Wednesday. Oh, a ...
PARIS – A son of Ukrainian immigrants has supplied the United States, and Notre Dame, with another Olympic fencing medal. Second-seeded Nick Itkin beat Japan’s Kazuki Iimura 15-12 for the ...
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.
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).
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.
Below, she tells 'WH' about becoming the first Black fencing medalist and her post-Olympic plans. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
The men's team épée event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July 2021 at the Makuhari Messe. [1] 27 fencers (9 teams of 3) from 9 nations competed. [2]The competition was won by Japan, with Russian Olympic athletes taking silver and South Korea bronze.