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From fencing.net
SOPA – Why you should call your Senator to Oppose It
SOPA will censor websites across the Web. SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) is a really bad bill that looks to be on the fast track for voting when Congress comes back in session. Now, I usually don’t say…
January 13 2012, 3:56pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
USA Fencing The end of the year is bringing about rumors of coaching changes in the Women’s Foil and Men’s Foil squads. In the wake of the resignation of David Sach as High Performance Director, Fencing.Net has learned…
November 22 2011, 3:38pm | Comments »
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Russia Wins 2 Golds in Team Competition
The Russian team celebrates Larisa Korebeynikova's comback victory. Larisa Korebeynikova (RUS) found herself facing off against Valentina Vezzali (ITA) down 39-35 in the final bout of the Women’s Team Foil World Championships. Instead of crumbling, Korebeynikova rose to…
October 14 2011, 9:46pm | Comments »
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Aldo Montano Golden in Men’s Sabre
Aldo Montano upon winning the 2011 World Championship - via FIE.org Aldo Montano (ITA) defeated Nicolas Limbach (GER) in the finals to claim Italy’s second world championship of the evening. Limbach earlier had negated an all-Italy final by…
October 11 2011, 9:35pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
2011 Fencing World Championships Begin Sunday
Fencers will compete for these medals while in Catania The 2011 Fencing World Championships start up this weekend with 953 individuals competing across the 6 fencing disciplines. The largest event will be the Men’s Epee event with 228…
October 7 2011, 5:22pm | Comments »
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US Fencers Competing at the Veterans World Championships
2011 Veterans World Fencing Championships Fifty-eight U.S. fencers ages 50 and older will represent Team USA at the Veteran World Championships in Porec, Croatia beginning on Wednesday. In 2010, Team USA earned 11 medals at this event –…
September 28 2011, 5:11pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
The US Men’s Epee and Women’s Sabre teams continued to mine for gold in Reno, Nevada this week as both teams won their events yesterday. The US had already swept the individual gold medal events for the first…
July 8 2011, 4:56pm | Comments »
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Olympic Qualification Update: Teams Preseason
Which teams will march with their country into the London Olympic Games?April marks the beginning of the qualification period for the 2012 Olympic Games.At the 2012 Olympic Games, a total of 212 fencers will compete across 10 fencing…
April 22 2011, 4:22pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
2011 Veteran World Championships to Croatia
Croatia will again host the Veteran's Fencing World ChampionshipsThe FIE released in a letter on April 14th that the Moroccan Fencing Federation renounced organizing the 2011 Veteran World Championships.The FIE Executive Committee has awarded organization of the 2011…
April 21 2011, 6:21pm | Comments »
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US Men’s Epee: Right Team, Right Place, Wrong Time
Team USA defeated France but were edged out by Russia in TallinnWhy the recent success of the US Men’s Epee team (unfortunately) doesn’t matter for this Olympic Quad.The US Men’s Epee team demonstrated that the 2nd place finish…
March 9 2011, 3:20pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
We’ve collected some news bits from around the web for today. Check out what’s being talked about fencing-wise at these other news sites:Vassar College Fencers Poised to Make Program History With the Northeast Championship on the horizon, both…
February 3 2011, 10:51pm | Comments »
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The Kingston Fencing Club in Ontario, Canada announced the CAN/AM Veteran’s Cup. The event, which will be held May 14th and 15th, is open to Veteran age fencers, those aged 40+, and will feature foil and sabre events…
January 26 2011, 5:15pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
Tim Morehouse promoted fencing and his meal sponsor Bistro MD on Access Hollywood yesterday and posted the video on his blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWqe2MUwlJ4Among the tidbits from Tim’s clip:Listing of actors/actresses who’ve done fencing, including Jerry O’Connell who was captain…
January 18 2011, 7:55pm | Comments »
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Vomero, Muhammad win in Epee and Sabre Events
Nicholas VomeroThe day started at 6am with 258 epee fencers checking in to their events. In the end Nicholas Vomero would post a couple of upset wins, defeat the same opponent twice and bypass repechage to win the…
January 16 2011, 3:18pm | Comments »
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Willette wins Div I Men’s Foil Event
David Willette won the Men's Foil event. Photo courtesy Penn StateDavid Willette lead the way for the M-Team at the North American Cup event in Dallas, TX. Members of the Massialas Foundation (M-Team) took gold, silver, and bronze…
January 15 2011, 2:36pm | Comments »
