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Three men on the U.S. épée team took a stand against teammate Alen Hadzic, who has been included in the Olympics despite sexual assault allegations against him. According to Buzzfeed News, the three fencers– Jake Hoyle, Curtis McDowald, and Yeisser Ramirez– all donned pink masks on Friday during their opening match against Tokyo to protest Hadzic’s participation. […]
Harvard officials have launched an independent investigation into a sweetheart property deal involving a student’s parent and the head coach of Harvard’s fencing team. The probe is taking place amid a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, in which 33 parents have been charged with bribing officials and falsifying test scores to ensure their children gained admissions into top universities. According […]
The Force is with the French, as their country has made lightsaber dueling an official sport. As reported by the Associated Press, the nation’s fencing federation officially recognized lightsaber dueling as a competitive sport. It has granted the LED-lit, polycarbonate replicas the same status as the foil, épée, and sabre blades used by Olympic fencers. This comes as France has experienced a spike in […]
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