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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Joppich survives 32 challenge
- By Craig Harkins
- . July 31, 2012
Peter Joppich survived the raucous crowd and a run by James Davis to advance to the top 16 at the Olympics. Davis had managed to

Shemyakina wins Gold for Ukraine
- By Craig Harkins
- . July 30, 2012
Ukraine’s Yana Shemyakina defeated Britta Heidemann (GER) 9-8 in overtime to win the Olympic Gold medal in Women’s Epee. Heidemann, the 2008 Gold Medalist, fenced

The Longest Second
- By Craig Harkins
- . July 30, 2012
Controversy broke out at the second semi-final match in the Women’s Individual Epee event at the conclusion of the bout between Britta Heidemann (GER) and

Women’s Epee Final 4 Set
- By Craig Harkins
- . July 30, 2012
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Britta Heidemann (GER) survives through to the semi-finals and a chance at a repeat. Top ranked Yujie Sun (CHN) will join

Aron Szilagyi Wins Men’s Sabre Gold
- By Craig Harkins
- . July 29, 2012
Aron Szilagyi (HUN) dominated his semi-final and final matches to secure the gold medal in Men’s Sabre at the 2012 Olympic Games. Szilagyi defeated Diego