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 practiced ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. PARIS — U.S. women wrapped up Olympic fencing competitions with a first-ever team ...

The greatest fencers in the world put on the ultimate show amidst a surge in the sport's popularity. Each day, the crowds roared so loudly that the Grand Palais could've been confused for a football ...

The president of the Russian Olympic Committee indicated Thursday that the country could boycott qualifying competitions in fencing for next year’s Paris Games after some athletes, including his own ...

Monica Aksamit won a Bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics with team USA. She says she had to go into debt to fund her dream and ...

It was a golden day for Queens native Lauren Scruggs. The Olympic fencer helped the U.S. women’s fencing team capture a gold medal, marking the first time an American team — men or women — has done so ...

PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's newly crowned Olympic champion Vivian Kong announced on Sunday she would say goodbye to her fencing career. "After competing in my third Olympics, I have decided ...

The excitement at the Grand Palais for the Olympic fencing competitions is coming to a close soon, but not before countries duel for a medal in women’s team sabre. Here's what to watch for. After ...

Peter Westbrook of the Peter Westbrook Foundation at the Fencers Club in Manhattan, New York is pictured on Saturday, December 7, 2019. (Clarissa Sosin / New York Daily News via Getty Images) Clarissa ...