Fencing

Fencing: Once-genteel sport gets high-octane makeover
Reuters
Pulsating music from English rock bands Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and the
Beatles pumps up the London ExCeL fencing hall between bouts, announcers
introduce the fencers as if they were boxers, and uninitiated spectators
hear expert commentary through ...
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Olympics-Fencing-Italy win team foil, end as top fencing nation
Reuters
LONDON Aug 5 (Reuters) - Italy beat Japan to win the men's team foil gold
on Sunday, narrowly avoiding being pushed aside by upstart South Korea as
the top Olympic fencing nation. A 45-39 victory over Japan in the team foil
final gave the Italians their ...
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FEELING FOR FENCING
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Whether it is the heavier thrusting epee sword, the light, whippy foil or
the slashing saber, it appears to have intrigued the locals here in the
same way it might have attracted attention in Athens at the first Olympiad.
Fencing has been at every Summer Olympics ...
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Photos: Fencing Medal Rounds, Sunday August 5
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Andrea Baldini of Italy, center, is congratulated by teammates after his
match against Yuki Ota of Japan in the gold medal match during the men's
foil team fencing competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5,
2012, in London. Italy won the gold ...
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Italy wins men's fencing gold; US finishes 4th
Fox News
The Japanese, who narrowly got by the Germans 41-40 in the semifinals, won
their first ever team fencing medal. It was also just their second overall
following Yuki Ota's silver in the 2008 Beijing Games' men's individual
foil. Italy had routed the United States ...
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Italy beats Japan for gold in men's team foil on final day of fencing at
Olympics
Washington Post
LONDON — After nine days of lunge, parry and riposte with epee, foil and
saber, Italy fought its way back to the top of the fencing medal table in
the London Olympics Sunday, claiming the men's team foil gold on the last
day of competition for its third title of the ...
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Move over, France. Italy's back on top in fencing after dominant Olympic
showing
The Republic
Despite the sport's French heritage, the Italians did most of the talking
— or "parlez-ing" — at the Olympic fencing in London, claiming the
men's team foil gold on the last day of competition Sunday for their third
title of the games. Through nine days of lunge, ...
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Being replacement athlete at Olympics a tough gig
MiamiHerald.com
By TIM REYNOLDS. Get Adobe Flash player. Japan's Kanae Ikehata and USA's
Doris Willette compete during a classification round match at women's team
foil fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in
London. Dmitry Lovetsky / AP ...
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Italy wins gold in men's team foil at Olympics
ESPN
Italy finished top of the fencing medal table with three golds and seven
medals overall. South Korea won two golds and six medals ahead of China's
two golds and three medals overall. The silver was Japan's first fencing
medal in London. Having come ...
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