David Sapery posted a full schedule of the fencing events at the Beijing Olympics within the fencing forums. Here is the schedule of the fencing events at the Olympics this year with all of the start times converted to EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.
Seth Kelsey, Emily Cross and Keeth Smart each won gold medals in their events at the Pan American Championships. The wins earn the US team members points to be used in the seeding of the Olympic competitions this August in Beijing.
Athletes from the US Fencing team are owed thousands of dollars by the United States Fencing Association and the US Olympic Committee is ready to step in and figure out just where that money is going.
LAS VEGAS, Nev.- The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for Men's Saber Fencing of Keeth Smart (Brooklyn, N.Y), Tim Morehouse (Bronx, N.Y./New York, N.Y.), Jason Rogers (Los Angeles, Calif./New York, N.Y.) and James Williams (Sacramento, Calif./New York, N.Y.) produced the top U.S. men's saber team finish at a Grand Prix event in three years with sixth place in Las Vegas, Nev. at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino.
Mariel Zagunis appears on the Today show to give a fencing demonstration and some instruction to Ann Curry. Mariel talks about the difficulty of fencing against your teammates in the individual competition and then fencing for them 4 days later in team.
