The following are news stories covering the sport of fencing. All are English language stories with links to the various news sources.
(If you speak French, German, or Italian and want to help translate some stories, please contact Craig Harkins at craig (at) fencing.net.)
June 2, 2004: HEATON targets fencing gold
BBC Sport – London,England,UK
David Heaton has been chosen as Great Britain’s sole representative in the wheelchair fencing competition at this summer’s Paralympic Games. … <http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3770253.stm>
June 3, 2004: CHANG becomes first Crimson fencer in 68 years to make US Olympic …
Harvard University Gazette – Cambridge,MA,USA
… Medical School (HMS) ’03, will travel to Athens, Greece, and the Games of the XXVII Olympiad this summer as a member of the US Olympic Fencing Team, the first … <http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/06.03/99-fencing.html>
June 6, 2004:
LET the Fencing Medal Talk Begin
Los Angeles Times (subscription) – Los Angeles,CA,USA
NEW YORK — This might be the only time Keeth Smart has felt awkward on a fencing strip. … Top fencing officials from other countries came to watch, too. … <
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dogfencing6jun06,1,5459121.story?coll=la-headlines-sports>IGOR Gantsevich: national junior fencing champion
Richmond Review – Richmond,British Columbia,Canada
… Gantsevich gave up a promising tennis career (he was a Tennis BC junior league MVP three years ago) to concentrate on fencing, adding he was growing tired of … <
http://www.richmondreview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=45&cat=40&id=247434&more=>June 10, 2004: TRIO make up Olympics fencing team
ABC Online – Australia
Three athletes have been selected in the Australian fencing team for the Athens Olympic games. Frank Bartolillo, Seamus Robinson … <http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200406/s1129015.htm>
June 10, 2004: IVAN Lee looks forward to fencing before home crowd
San Francisco Chronicle – San Francisco,CA,USA
When Ivan Lee first started fencing, he liked working with a foil but felt there was something missing — something that he found in saber. … <http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/09/sports1524EDT0363.DTL>
June 15, 2004: FENCING: NZ competitor in form
New Zealand Herald – Auckland,New Zealand
New Zealand’s Olympic Games-bound fencer Jessica Beer showed morale-boosting form to reach the final eight at a World Cup event in Belgium. … <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sports/sportsstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3572769&thesection=sport&thesubsection=watersports&thesecondsubsection=yachting>
June 15, 2004: DUELING FOR GOLD
Tallahassee Democrat – Tallahassee,FL,USA
Call it an omen. Say it’s just their luck that one of Wayne Frey’s daughters seems to somehow manage to suffer an injury before a major fencing competition. … <http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/sports/8924250.htm>
June 20, 2004: US Fencing at Titan Games
Tampa,FL,USA … No. 1 in the world in women’s saber, led the US Fencing Team to a 99-88 over Korea at the 2004 Titan Games… <http://www.sportsfeatures.com/PressPoint/show.php?id=9639>
June 20, 2004: FRENCH sisters may have found their ticket to the Olympics with …
Dallas Morning News (subscription) – Dallas,TX,USA
Kayley French hears about Carroll football games. She wants to see one, if she and her twin sister Christa can ever get a break from their sport: fencing. … <http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/city/tarrant/stories/062004dnnorTXgames.3a718.html>
June 21, 2004: MacKay reaches quarterfinals at world cup
Tampa,FL,USA Havana , Cuba – Sherraine MacKay of Brooks, Alta., finished fifth on Saturday after falling 15-12 to Russian Anna Sivkova in the quarter final at the World Cup … <http://www.sportsfeatures.com/PressPoint/show.php?id=9679>
June 21, 2004: TITAN Games: Big Show, Modest Crowds
Around the Rings – Atlanta,GA,USA
… Athletes from 11 nations took part in the competitions in boxing, fencing, judo, Taekwondo, weightlifting, wrestling in a lively program that had three or four … <http://www.aroundtherings.com/other/2004/06/21/titan.games>
June 22, 2004: SILVER JOY FOR SPENCE AS BRITISH TEAM STRIKE GOLD
North Scotland Press and Journal – Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
… The fencing was next, and having just returned from a flying visit home, and a valuable … To win the fencing discipline (1,056) was the icing on the cake.”. … <http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?command=newPage&nodeId=149211&contentPK=10393500&sports=yes>
