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James Williams – Post Portland Interview
Cool picture of James Williams shot by Nigel Barker After the Portland NAC we caught up with James Williams. Unfortunately, the interview failed to get published in a timeline manner, so here it is a little late. James…
February 3 2012, 8:51pm | Comments »
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Italy Tops Qualification Standings for Men’s Foil
Paris proved great for the US. The top 4 qualifying teams remained in the top 4, but an early loss by Japan gives Germany hope. In the Olympic team foil event, the top-4 teams qualify directly to the…
January 30 2012, 4:21pm | Comments »
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Olympic Qualification Analysis – Men’s Epee after Legnano
Despite flat performances, most of the top qualifiers remained in place. The top seeds this weekend came out flat and did nothing to solidify their spots while two fencers on the outs made big moves to displace their…
January 30 2012, 3:40pm | Comments »
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Men’s Epee – What to Watch for in Legnano
The Olympic selection will become a little clearer this weekend. The final leg of Olympic qualification for Men’s Epee begins this weekend in Legnano, Italy with a World Cup event. This event provides standard points, with 32 points…
January 26 2012, 1:30pm | Comments »
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Remembering Charlotte Remenyik – NW and OSU Coach
Remenyik in 1981. Photo Ohio State The Ohio State University blog posted a profile and obituary of former head coach Charlotte Remenyik, who passed away December 21, 2011. Remenyik came to the United States from Hungary after the…
January 19 2012, 6:43pm | Comments »
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Live Results from the Portland NAC
Spiffy USA Fencing QR Code for the Portland NAC USA Fencing is providing live results this weekend at the Portland Division I and Junior North American Cup (NAC) event. The live results functionality is a part of the…
January 14 2012, 4:16am | Comments »
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Ibtihaj Muhammad Talks with Michel Martin on NPR
Ibtihaj Muhammad Though she is training 40 hours per week in her attempt to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games, Ibtihaj Muhammad took some time to talk about her faith and fencing on NPR. World-class fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad…
January 5 2012, 8:06pm | Comments »
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Daryl Homer and Tim Morehouse Talk Saber
Daryl Homer, Tim Morehouse, and James Williams with Yury Gelman at the December NAC Daryl Homer and Tim Morehouse spent some time after the Kansas City North American Cup (NAC) answering some questions for Fencing.Net You both just…
December 20 2011, 3:39am | Comments »
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Checking Epee Length at Kansas City
Checking French grip epees at equipment control. Some epee fencers in the Division I event at the Kansas City NAC had to go through an additional step in the equipment control process this morning. Due to complaints lodged…
December 10 2011, 2:44pm | Comments »
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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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Margaret Lu nabs Gold in Bratislava
Margaret Lu won the Junior World Cup in Bratislava Margaret Lu led US results this weekend as there were Junior World Cups for all 6 fencing disciplines this weekend. Lu won the Junior Women’s Foil event and was…
November 21 2011, 5:45pm | Comments »
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Mariel Zagunis is 2010-2011 World Cup Champion for Sabre
Italy dominates world rankings in fencing for the 2010-2011 FIE World Cup season. FIE Lausanne, 3 November 2011 – With Elisa Di Francisca (women’s foil), Paolo Pizzo (men’s epee) and Andrea Cassara (men’s foil), Italy boasts three out…
November 3 2011, 1:46pm | Comments »
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US wins 5 of 6 Individual Golds at Pan American Games
Seth Kelsey won the Men's Epee event. Photo A.Timacheff/FencingPhotos via the FIE Team USA scored 8 medals over the 6 individual events at the 2011 Pan American Games. The US fencers earned gold in 5 of the 6…
October 28 2011, 5:15pm | Comments »
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US Wins 2 Golds, Silver on opening day of Pan Ams
Fencing at the Pan American Games Seth Kelsey (Brush Prairie, Wash.) won the gold medal against Ruben Limardo (VEN) at the Pan American Games in the men’s individual epee with a score of 12-10. Lee Kiefer (Lexington, Ky.) won…
October 25 2011, 12:30pm | Comments »
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Lee Kiefer named USA Today Olympic Athlete of the Week
Lee Kiefer in her top-8 victory over Synoradzka (POL). Photo Serge Timacheff. Lee Kiefer (USA) garnered some more attention from the world of sports media following her bronze medal at the 2011 Fencing World Championships. USA Today named…
October 19 2011, 5:40pm | Comments »
