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.
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Articles By This Author
Dumitrescu rallies – takes sabre title from Italy
- By Craig Harkins
- . October 8, 2009
Tim Morehouse fences Russia’s Kovalev in the Men’s Team Sabre competition. Serge Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com An 11-4 run from Rares Dumitrescu in the final bout shuts down
Italy Dominates Russia – Takes Womens Foil Crown
- By Craig Harkins
- . October 7, 2009
2009 World Champion Aida Shanaeva was no match for the combined Italian forces as Shanaeva went -11, and Italy reclaims the women’s team foil crown
France Wins Epee Championship
- By Craig Harkins
- . October 7, 2009
Gauthier Grumier of France used the same action 6 times in a row to open up a 3 point lead over Hungary and closed out
Ukraine dominates to win Womens Sabre World Championship
- By Craig Harkins
- . October 6, 2009
The 2008 gold medal winning Ukrainian women’s sabre team continued to steamroll the competition at the 2009 World Championships team event. Anchored by Olga Kharlan,
Float like a butterfly, sting like Avdeev!
- By Craig Harkins
- . October 6, 2009
In depth analysis of the Men’s Epee Finals at the 2009 Fencing World Championships. The Men’s Epee finals were hosted in Antalya, Turkey this past