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| South Korean Shin misses out on bronze after protest Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - South Korea's Shin A Lam returned to the fencing piste on Monday after making a one-hour protest against a controversial judge's call that had cost her the chance of a gold medal. Shin was physically escorted off the piste after her team ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Olympic fencing: Korean girl falls victim to timing error New York Daily News London, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Korean fencer who lost a dramatic Olympic semi-final in controversial circumstances Monday likely fell victim to human error or malfunctioning timing equipment, the general secretary of the sport's federation said. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Olympics-Fencing-Shemyakina wins gold in women's epee Reuters (Adds quotes, background). By Daniel Bases. LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina caused an upset by winning gold in the women's individual epee with a nail-biting 9-8 extra-time victory over defending champion Britta Heidemann of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US Fencing Market MarketWatch (press release) Among fencing materials, plastic and composite lumber is forecast to see the most rapid growth in demand through 2016. Plastic and composite materials often resembles natural wood, but has minimal maintenance needs and has a longer lifespan than ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| German wins fencing silver amid controversy Fox News London, England – Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina won a controversial women's epee competition Monday at the London Games after an apparent clock error led to South Korea's Shin A Lam losing a spot in the gold medal match. Shemyakina won the gold, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tearful wait for South Korean fencer Yahoo! Sports LONDON (AP) -- She could not leave the fencing strip. By rule, that would have meant accepting defeat at the Olympics. Instead she sobbed in front of 8000 people while referees considered her appeal. Shin A-lam of South Korea waited like that for an hour ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Olympic fencing: Epee gold for Ukraine's Shemyakina New York Daily News London, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukrainian fencer Yana Shemyakina won gold in the individual epee Monday, beating reigning Olympic champion Britta Heidemann 9-8 in the final, after a competition marked by a dramatic appeal in the semifinals. See all stories on this topic » |
| Fencing controversy forces South Korean to sit on piste for ages ... The Olympic fencing tournament was thrown into an incredibly emotional, dramatic and elongated controversy when a semifinal bout of the women's individual ... blog.sfgate.com/.../fencing-controversy-forces-south-korean-t... |
| Olympic Fencing Controversy: Yana Shemyakina Wins Olympic ... LONDON -- Fencer Yana Shemyakina of Ukraine beat defending champion Britta Heidemann of Germany 9-8 to win the Olympic gold medal in women's ... www.huffingtonpost.com/.../olympic-fencing-yana-shemyakin... |
| London 2012 fencing: Tearful appeal by South Korean delays finals ... London 2012 fencing: After A Lam Shin of South Korea was defeated in overtime by German Britta Heidemann, she tearfully refused to leave the arena for 15 ... www.csmonitor.com/.../London-2012-fencing-Tearful-appeal-... |
| Gawker's Guide to Sports You're Pretty Sure Don't Exist: Fencing Welcome to the Gawker Guide to the Obscure Olympic Sports You Have Never Heard Of Or Given A Damn About. Today: Fencing, also known as "the swords ... gawker.com/.../gawkers-guide-to-sports-youre-pretty-sure-don... |
| Taking a Stab at Fencing, the 'Physical Chess' of the Olympics - Wired An Olympian explains why her sport is far more nuanced and complex than you might think watching The Three Musketeers. www.wired.com/playbook/2012/07/sada-jacobson-baby/ |
