Team USA’s Men’s Foil Fencers Aim To Parry Their Way To Gold: “Together, We Are Unstoppable”
All told the foursome each owns at least one Olympic medal, plus a combined 25 world championships medals.
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U.S. Women’s Team Foil Wins Gold For the First Time In The Sport’s History
PARIS — When the U.S. and Italian women fencers took to the strip on Thursday night for the final team foil event, they both had something to prove.Despite being ranked number one, Team Italy’s women had been unable to secure an individual medal at the...
Women's Epee Grabs a Top-10 Finish in Paris
PARIS – Beneath the grandeur of Paris’s Grand Palais, the Team USA women’s epee fencers danced along the piste in team competition. They would take seventh place, losing to Poland and Korea before defeating Egypt, 44-30.Underdogs in their first match t...
Team USA’s Nick Itkin Wins His First Individual Medal In Men’s Fencing
PARIS — Olympic athletes are good at a lot of things, but losing is not one of them.After three Americans advanced in the round of 16 for men’s individual foil, 24-year-old Nick Itkin was the only U.S. man left standing. After an impressive three-bout ...
Lee Keifer and Lauren Scruggs Make U.S. Fencing Olympic History With Gold And Silver Finishes
The only thing that could have matched the impressiveness of the Grand Palais was the Olympic fencing inside.
How An “iCarly” Episode Led Hadley Husisian To Fence Her Way To Paris
Hollywood actors wielding swords have ignited many a childhood dream of fencing. Some of those kids grow up to be Olympians.Mitchell Saron, a member of the 2024 U.S. Olympic men’s saber team, was entranced by the light saber battles of the Star Wars mo...
Team USA Fencers Wear White Jackets, On And Off The Strip: 'Everyone’s A Doctor'
Lee Kiefer is at the height of her athletic career. She’s also at the height of her medical studies.Three years agoat the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Kiefer won gold in foil fencing, the first U.S. win ever in that discipline. A three-time Olympian, she ...
How Much Better Can Lee Kiefer Get At Fencing? That Question Is What’s Driving Her Ahead Of Paris
The 29-year-old is on a leave of absence from medical school to fully focus on defending her Olympic gold medal.
Since His Tokyo Debut, Fencer Nick Itkin Has Risen To The Top Of Men’s Foil
When he was growing up in Los Angeles, Nick Itkin had a predictable daily routine. After school, he would go to his father’s gym, where he’d watch fencers parry while doing his homework.“Our family spent all our days in that gym,” Itkin recalled. “We’r...
Lee Kiefer Wins Fourth Consecutive Pan Ams Gold in Individual Foil
SANTIAGO, Chile — It didn’t take long for Lee Kiefer, the reigning Olympic champion in women’s individual foil fencing, to make a statement in Santiago. Carrying a streak of three straight Pan American Games gold medals into the Pan American Games Sant...
