NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage ... Paris is the city of The Three Musketeers and sword fighting competitions for the Summer Games are being held in one ...

For Team USA fencer Lauren Scruggs, who identifies as lesbian, the Paris Games were already a phenomenal success after she ...

PARIS — Two American women squared up for a sword fight in the palace at dusk. Both emerged with Olympic medals. This, the Grand Palais in the center of the French capital, was the stage for the ...

Watching the Olympic fencing reminded me of an excellent France fact that I recently learned - the last épée (sword-fighting) dual in France was fought in 1967. It was between the mayor of ...