Fencing

Hungry’s László Csongrádi awoke to discover his 1988 Olympics gold medal missing and is offering to pass it on to the thief in his will if it is returned.

If you’ve followed the Paris Olympics, you’ve likely heard the name Lauren Scruggs by now. She’s the Olympic fencer from Harvard University who first thrust her way to silver in the individual foil event on Sunday – then on Thursday, she went on the attack to help her team win gold against Italy. The New York native is the...

After becoming the first Black woman to win an individual fencing medal for Team USA with a silver, she contributed to a gold team medal.

Fencing at the Olympics is one of the fastest-moving sports in the Games, with lightning-quick reaction times and careful scoring required, but why are the athletes seemingly tethered to the Earth?

Harvard fencer Lauren Scruggs already made history once in Paris and on Thursday she did it again, scoring the final point to earn Team USA’s first gold medal in women’s team foil. Scruggs faced a late rally from Italy’s Arianna Errigo, who cut an eight-point U.S. lead to three, but the 21-year-old took the next three points to close...

Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka-long’s victory over Italy’s Filippo Macchi at the Paris Olympics has sparked an exchange of insults on social media.

Here are five things to know about Team USA fencer Eli Dershwitz.

“It looks very hoppable,” Kiefer said of a low wooden fence in a picturesque field. “So if you want to break and enter, that’s a perfect fence.”

Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement. Here is what you need to know about the sport ahead of the 2024 Paris Games.