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Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. There are three forms of Olympic fencing: Foil — a light thrusting weapon; the valid target is restricted to the torso; double touches are not allowed.
Nation00081281125181118611016- Men's Foil Individual. ka long cheung. Hong Kong, China. Silver. daniele garozzo. Italy. Bronze. alexander choupenitch. Czechia. See full results.
- Men's Foil Team. France. Silver. ROC. Bronze. United States of America. See full results.
- Men's Sabre Individual. aron szilagyi. Hungary. Silver. luigi samele. Italy. Bronze. junghwan kim. Republic of Korea. See full results.
- Men's Sabre Team. Republic of Korea. Silver. Italy. Bronze. Hungary. See full results.
Fencing is a combat sport in which two athletes use swords to attack and defend against one another with the aim of striking their opponent in order to score points. The three disciplines of modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also called saber ).
The fencing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured 12 events, the first time that both team and individual events have been held in all three weapons for both men and women. [1] Originally scheduled for 25 July to 2 August 2020, the games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 24 July to 1 August 2021.
Visit the Fencing event page to get news, schedules, results and video during the Summer Olympics on ESPN.
Aug 31, 2021 · From Áron Szilágyi's threepeat to Lee Kiefer's maiden gold for USA, fencing lit up the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Take a look at the top moments, get highlights, replays, and what to look forward to at Paris 2024. 8 min. Fencing.
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Aug 1, 2021 · Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. As a condition for allowing women’s sabre to be added to the Olympic program in 2004, the International Olympic Committee required that fencing hold only four of the six possible team events at each Olympics.
