Men’s Epee Preview
Epee is the least predictable of weapons and with no one in the men’s game able to win an Olympic or world title more than once in the past nine years, the battle for Olympic medals is wide open when competition begins Wednesday, 1 August at ExCeL.
Lei Sheng Wins Gold – History made for Egypt
Lei Sheng (CHN) won the gold medal in Men’s Foil today, defeating Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY) 15-13 at the ExCeL Center in London. History was made
FIE Explains Ruling over Protest in Women’s Epee Semi-Final
LONDON, 31 July – via Olympic News Service: The International Fencing Federation (FIE) issued a statement on Tuesday justifying their ruling to award semifinal victory to Britta
Egyptian Abdulelkassem First African to Reach Semi-Finals
LONDON, July 31 – Alaaeldin ABDULELKASSEM (EGY) caused the upset of the tournament by beating the world champion Andrea CASSARA (ITA), 15-10 in the quarterfinals
Massialas and Imboden stopped in the 16
Alexander Massialas and Race Imboden would be stopped in the round of 16 today. Alexander Massialas knew what to expect from Alexey Cheremisinov (RUS), but