Rio 2016

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A GUIDE TO FENCING AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
AAP on July 6, 2016
au.sports.yahoo.com/a/31998716/a-guide-to-fencing-at-the-olympics/#page1

- The 10 fencing events (six individual and four team) at Rio will be the individual foil, epee and sabre.

- Men contest team events in foil and epee.

- Women contest team events in sabre and foil.

- The competition is a knockout format with competitors and teams progressing through the draw until the finals, where medals are decided.

- Individual bouts are for three rounds of three minutes, or until one fencer has scored 15 hits.

- In the team competition, teams of three fencers compete over nine bouts, aiming to accumulate a maximum of 45 hits.

- Epee, foil and sabre are the three weapons used in fencing.

- Target areas and the blades differ for the three weapons.

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Quick Guide to Olympic Fencing
Glens Falls Post-Star
Glens Falls, NY
7/15/2016

poststar.com/sports/olympics/quick-guide-to-olympic-fencing/youtube_68c2261e-fb81-52ee-ace9-6bc3e0a0cb4f.html

Rio Summer Games
Opening Ceremony
Friday, August 5, 2016

Everything you need to know about Olympic Fencing.

Épée, Foil and Sabre, Fencing has been competed in the Olympic programme since Athens 1896, the first Games of the modern era.

Watch more Fencing here: bit.ly/1qOXGNm

Watch more quick guides here: bit.ly/29qAvkF

Subscribe to the official Olympic channel here: bit.ly/1dn6AV5

Find more about the Olympic Games at www.olympic.org/olympic-

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Ibtihaj Muhammad and Mariel Zagunis eliminated without medals in fencing
By Shalise Manza Young
Yahoo Sports
August 8, 2016

sports.yahoo.com/news/american-fencers-zagunis-and-muhammad-eliminated-from-womens-tournament-154543731.html?nhp=1

In a matter of minutes, the United States fencing team went from having two women in round of 16 in the women’s individual sabre to having none.

Mariel Zagunis, the 31-year old Oregon native who won the event in both 2004 and 2008, was eliminated by Russia’s Yekaterina Dyachenko, 15-12.

Zagunis was looking to rebound after finishing fourth at the London Olympics and was considered a medal favorite in Rio.

The other American to lose was Ibtihaj Muhammad, who made a bit of history earlier Monday when she became the first U.S. athlete to compete at the Olympics wearing a hijab.

Muhammad, a 30-year old New Jersey native, won her Round of 32 match against Ukraine’s Olena Kravatska, and held a 6-2 lead in her Round of 16 match against Cecilia Berder of France before Berder came back to win 15-13.

Zagunis, Muhammad and Dagmara Wozniak will be back in competition again on Saturday in the team event.