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Nada Hafez of Team Egypt applauds fans after her victory in the sabre event against Elizabeth Tartakovsky of Team United States

Fencer competes in Paris while seven months pregnant

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed she competed at the Paris Olympics, reaching the last 16 in her event and defeating a higher-ranked rival on the way, while seven months pregnant.

Olympics • 30 Jul 24

Sive Brassil just missed out on the final places in Cairo

Brassil narrowly misses out on final place in Cairo

Ireland's Sive Brassil recorded an impressive display in the opening World Cup of the Modern Pentathlon season but fell short of a place in Saturday's Final of the UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Cairo.

Athletics • 24 Mar 22

US fencer Race Imboden (left) drew an X on the back of his hand

Tokyo 2020: US fencer says X mark on hand was protest

United States fencer and bronze medallist Race Imboden said that an X mark drawn on the back of his hand during the medal ceremony at Tokyo 2020 was in protest against a ban on political gestures on Olympic podiums.

Olympics • 04 Aug 21

The Italian team celebrates winning gold during the women's foil final

Fencing: Italian 'Dream Team' in foil success

Italy's version of the "Dream Team" did what was expected of them at the ExCeL fencing arena tonight, adding team gold to the three individual medals they won on Saturday in the women's foil.

Paris 2024 • 02 Aug 12

Shin A Lam is encouraged to leave the piste after her controversial loss

Fencing: Gascon claims epee gold

Venezuela's Ruben Limardo Gascon has won the Olympic gold medal in the men's fencing individual epee.

Paris 2024 • 01 Aug 12

Fencing: Egypt wins first ever medal for Africa

China's Lei Sheng has won gold in the men's individual foil at the 2012 Olympics in London this evening.

Paris 2024 • 31 Jul 12

A distraught Shin A Lam leaves the arena

Fencing: Ukraine take first ever Fencing gold

Yana Shemyakina won Ukraine's first-ever individual fencing gold at the ExCeL tonight - but it came following one of the biggest controversies the sport has ever seen.

Paris 2024 • 30 Jul 12

Germany's Carolin Golubytskyi lies prone after being struck by eventual gold medallist Elisa Di Francisca

Fencing: Di Francisca foils rivals

Elisa Di Francisca took gold in a spectacular Italian clean sweep of the women's individual foil on the first day of fencing competition at the ExCeL arena.

Paris 2024 • 30 Jul 12