Here's what you need to know about fencing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did fencing become an Olympic sport? Fencing made its Olympic debut in 1896 in Athens at the first modern Olympics.

PARIS — U.S. women wrapped up Olympic fencing competitions with a first-ever team gold medal for the women's foil squad, a win that came over an Italian women's team - one of the world's best.

Fencing has been part of every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Olympics in Athens. Fencing’s origins can be found in swordplay, which has been ...

Foil fencing couple Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt checked out the wall display of Kiefer’s gold medal-winning moment from the women’s individual foil event at the Tokyo Olympics in the Athlete365 ...

PARIS — When attendees entered the Grand Palais Monday for early afternoon Paris Olympics fencing bouts, they couldn't help but stop and look around before going to their seats. They gazed up at ...

Key Dates Fencing runs from July 27 through Aug. 4 with at least one final every day. Reigning Olympic Champions —Men's foil: Cheung Ka Long, Hong Kong. —Men’s team foil: France.

Indeed, with her second-place finish, Scruggs became the only American woman to ever win silver in a foil fencing event—and just the fifth American woman to ever win any individual Olympic ...

PARIS, France — Fencing is one of just a handful of sports that has been at every iteration of the modern Olympics, but despite its Olympic longevity, fans might need a refresher on the rules.

As the Olympic fencing events head into the final day of individual competitions, an intense showdown is expected for the remaining medals in women's sabre and men's foil. The retirement of the ...