News and Guides for the Sport of Fencing
The best fencers in the world are competing in their respective regional championships before they converge on the BOK Sports Hall in Budapest, Hungary for the 81st edition of the FIE’s Fencing World Championships to be held July 15 – 23. With only a couple of weeks before competition begins in the picturesque Hungarian capital, the best fencers in Africa, Asia and Europe … [Read more...] about World’s best tune up for Budapest
The world’s biggest fencing tournament has begun in Columbus, Ohio with more than 5,400 competitors expected to compete from 48 states and 20 different nationalities at the USA Fencing National Championships to be held between June 28 and July 7. Already the largest fencing tournament of its kind in the world, the 2019 National Championships, also incorporating the July … [Read more...] about The biggest fencing tournament in the world gets bigger
Russia’s world number one sabre fencer, Sofya Velikaya, has won her home Grand Prix in Moscow for the fourth time in her career, while French veteran Bolade Apithy has won his first. The FIE’s final Grand Prix event of the season took place in Moscow over the weekend, resulting in a local favourite defending her title from last year (and taking a fourth career win at her home … [Read more...] about Velikaya and Apithy win gold at Moscow Grand Prix
As of the beginning of April, the qualification season for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has begun! April 4th, 2020 is the finish line when the qualifications will be solidified. To kick things off, we're again tapping the expertise of David Baker to set the table for the qualification season. Over the next year, we'll be periodically checking in to see how things are … [Read more...] about The Race For Tokyo 2020 Begins
Italy’s world number one Alessio Foconi has won his first Shanghai Foil Grand Prix gold at the weekend after three previous minor medals, while Russia’s indomitable Inna Deriglazova has defended her title from last year. World Champion Foconi defeated USA’s Nick Itkin by a solitary touch in the final bout, 15-14, having also defeated Itkin’s teammate Gerek Meinhardt in the … [Read more...] about Foconi, Deriglazova win Grand Prix gold in Shanghai