Tag: fencing
“I wanted to be master of my project,” explains Olympic champion Romain Cannone
That Thursday at the end of March, Romain Cannone was light-hearted. All smiles, the Tokyo Olympic champion in epee tries his hand at the paratriathlon among a good hundred students,…
Damaged by its leaders, can French fencing save face at the Paris Olympics?
Be careful, national Olympic monument in danger. While the Paris Olympics are fast approaching, French fencing is entering the home stretch of its preparation in a context of crisis unprecedented…
Financial embezzlement and investigation by the ministry, the Fencing Federation and its ex-president Bruno Gares in the midst of a crisis
Among the mountain of files processed by the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the dysfunctions of sports federations, which has just issued a vitriolic report, a small secret has gone…
Russia issues wanted notice against two of its fencers
What will happen to the couple of Russian fencers, Sergey Bida and Violetta Bida, now that Moscow has issued a wanted notice in their names? The couple, who settled in…
“We have to do the 50 medals”… Can France really finish in the top 5?
He got very angry, a few weeks after the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games, in 2021. For Emmanuel Macron, bringing back 33 medals from Japan (worst record since 1992,…
We tested fencing for you, with European vice-champion Sara Balzer
It’s a French specialty, almost a private preserve. Since the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, France has entered 655 athletes in fencing, a record, and obtained 123 medals…
EFC decision: European Fencing Federation suspends Russia and Belarus
EFC decision European Fencing Federation suspends Russia and Belarus The European Fencing Federation has suspended the member federations of Russia and Belarus. photo © Marius Becker/dpa The European Fencing Federation…
IOC and Russia: The Olympic chaos has begun
Bringing athletes from Russia and Belarus back to world sport: that is the highly controversial wish of the IOC. This is already creating a great deal of confusion for fencers…
A French stage of the fencing world cup canceled
After Germany and Denmark, France is embarking on the path of renunciation. The Fencing World Cup stage in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (May 19 to 21), in Val-de-Marne, has been canceled by decision…
Fencing tries its luck but angers a lot of people internally
A giant hide-and-seek game at the top of world sport on the burning question of the moment: should Russians and Belarusians be reintegrated into international competitions, even if it means…