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The United States' Lauren Scruggs (left) and Lee Kiefer compete during the gold medal bout at the Paris Olympics in July 2024.
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Aug 23, 2026
USA Fencing approaching run-up to LA Games as chance to take sport mainstream
Andrews, who has led USA Fencing since 2022, said the federation had made a deliberate effort to market fencing to audiences beyond its traditional competitive base.
Miles Chamley-Watson (left) of the United States in action against Tommaso Marini of Italy during the 2024 Paris Games in August 2024.
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Nov 21, 2025
U.S. Olympic fencer Chamley-Watson to launch World Fencing League
The new league is part of a growing trend in which athletes and investors are organizing Olympic sports into professional leagues.
Japan's Koki Kano (left) in action with Yannick Borel of France in the men's epee individual final on Sunday in Paris
OLYMPICS / Fencing
Jul 29, 2024
Koki Kano: A gymnast-turned-fencer — and now a two-time Olympic gold medalist
Koki Kano, who was training as a gymnast, found inspiration from watching Olympic fencing on TV as a young boy.
Kyosuke Matsuyama (right) competes against France's Erwann Le Pechoux during the men's team foil semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021.
OLYMPICS
Jun 24, 2024
Japanese fencers heading to Paris Games with plenty of confidence
The men’s national team is aiming to secure its first medal in three Olympics in the foil event, a category considered by many to be a Japanese specialty.
Ukrainian Olga Kharlan (left) and Russian Anna Smirnova compete during the women's sabre senior individual qualifiers at the FIE Fencing World Championships in Milan on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2023
Don’t ask Ukrainian athletes to shake hands with Russians
In fencing and tennis as in life, responsibility is individual, not collective. All the more reason why Olga Kharlan did the right thing.
Olga Kharlan (left) and Anna Smirnova compete during the Fencing World Championships in Milan on Thursday.
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Jul 28, 2023
Ukrainian fencer disqualified for refusing to shake hands with Russian
Olga Kharlan, a four-time Olympic medalist and world champion, won the individual sabre bout 15-7 and then refused to shake hands with her opponent.
Japan Times
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Jul 15, 2023
Russian fencing drama plays out in U.S. against backdrop of war
One year out from the Paris Games fencing is providing political, sporting and familial drama related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
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Apr 3, 2023
Russia’s Olympic fencing hopefuls still stuck in limbo despite FIE ruling
For Russian fencing chief Ilgar Mamedov, the key question is: ‘How can the exclusion of Russian athletes help Ukraine?’
Japan Times
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Mar 28, 2023
Hundreds of fencers issue plea to IOC over Russia and Belarus decision
The decision to clear Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international fencing events was made on March 10 at the FIE Extraordinary Congress.
Japan Times
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Mar 17, 2023
Germany cancels fencing event after athletes from Russia and Belarus allowed to compete
Germany’s fencing federation has canceled a women’s foil World Cup event after the sport’s global governing body (FIE) reversed a ban on athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus, it said on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Jun 19, 2019
今日吃瓜 fencers show progress at Asian championships
“驰别补丑!”
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Jun 12, 2019
Fencers seek Olympic spots
今日吃瓜 national team fencers are fired up for the upcoming Asian Championships as they seek to earn spots in the team competitions at next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
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Jan 24, 2019
Japan Fencing Federation staging three-day FIE World Cup meet this weekend in Tokyo
With increased popularity and a rise in the competition level of fencing in Japan in recent years, the battle to secure spots for next year’s Olympics in Tokyo will not be easy.
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Aug 13, 2013
Ota named to International Fencing Federation leadership post
Fencer Yuki Ota, a two-time Olympic silver medalist, was selected as one of six members of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Athletes Commission, it was announced on Tuesday.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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