Craig Harkins
Craig has been fencing since he saw Peter Westbrook win a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics. Craig has covered the sport of fencing since 1995 via articles and newsletters on Fencing.Net. He has most recently re-entered competitive fencing in the Vet40 age category.
Articles By This Author
Zagunis 2nd in New York; Velikaia takes Gold
Sophia Velikaia (RUS) won her second world cup event of the season defeating Mariel Zagunis (USA) in the finals of the NYC World Cup. Velikaia’s
Jaime Marti Injured: Will not fence NYC
Jaime Marti (ESP) was injured during training for the NYC World Cup and will not be able to fence in the event. The Spanish Olympian
Courtney Hurley takes 6th at Nankin Grand Prix
Courtney Hurley led the US contingent and placed 6th. She upset world #1 Magdalena Piekarska (POL) in the round of 16 to make her first
Dagmara Wozniak 2nd in Gand
3 US fencers make the top-8. Dagmara Wozniak led all US fencers with a 2nd place finish at the Challenge Yes Brasseur women’s sabre world
Use of the French Grip in Epee
Here’s something rare – instead of a forum thread starting serious and descending into nitpicking (as often does happen in online conversations), we had a thread that started as a delayed April Fool joke/rant calling for banning the French grip in epee.