Fencing

Kuwait competing strongly at Arab fencing event in Cairo

CAIRO, Nov 30 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti fencing team earned Saturday night a number of silver and bronze medals at the Arab 18th championship in Cairo, in which 200 athletes from 11 different countries are taking part. Head of Kuwaiti...

Fencer Sherraine Schalm puts disappointment of Beijing behind her

CALGARY - Although she felt like "public enemy No. 1" in Beijing, Sherraine Schalm will continue to fence to the 2012 Olympics in London. Canada's most decorated fencer is going to do it differentl...

Olympians battle to stay in the public eye

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's triumphant Olympic fencers are using all their fighting skills to stay in the limelight and promote their sport now that post-Beijing interest has waned. Huge attention...

Fencing: Twins are toast of Stonyhurst

Published Date: 27 November 2008 Fencing twins Simon and Magnus Whittle are the toast of Stonyhurst College. The rising stars are preparing to compete in the 2009 British Youth Fencing Championships in January. Simon won gold...

Pentathlon wonders what's in a number

Almost from its inception in 1912 as an Olympic sport - an eclectic combination of pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, horse jumping and running - the modern pentathlon has seemed less than modern. Shooting and running will be...

Fencing: James the first to be crowned Wales’ king

Nov 26 2008 by Anthony Woolford, South Wales Echo Fencing: James the first to be crowned Wales’ king CARDIFF epeeist James Taylor has been named Welsh fencer of the year. Taylor has enjoyed considerable success this year, the...

Children fence for glory in nationals, Olympics

Ernst Lamothe Jr. • Staff writer • November 24, 2008 A combination of loud pounding footsteps, similar to kids rushing downstairs on Christmas morning, and the sharp sound of fencing swords clanging together engulfed the...

Friends become rivals in fencing

Growing up less than two miles away from one another has made sophomore Doris Willette and senior Allison Glasser good friends. At the Garret Open on Nov. 1-2, Glasser and Willette faced off in the championship match of the...

Red Favored in Season-Opening Tournament

This Sunday, the fencing team will host its only home tournament of the season when Stevens Institute of Technology and Yeshiva University travel to Ithaca for the Cornell Fencing Invitational. “We have a good relationship with...

Three Fencers Crack Top 10 in First Tourney of Year

The fencing team got off to a great start this weekend with its first tournament of the season. After two open pools, several Red fencers made it to the direct elimination round, with three women making placing in the top-10....

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