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2024 Paralympics schedule Sept. 4: Can Italian fencer Bebe Vio defend her title yet again?

PARIS — Paralympians will compete for medals in a host of sports on the seventh day of competition at the Paralympic Games on Wednesday. Italian fencing star Bebe Vio will be vying for her third consecutive gold medal in wheelchair fencing. One of the best-known Paralympic champions, Bebe Vio is defending her gold medal in women’s foil category B for …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

150-year-old Italian fencing academy trains Hollywood actors as well as Paralympians

Associated Press

ROME — When Rome’s fencing academy was established nearly 150 years ago by a nobleman, most of its members trained for duels. Fourth-generation sword Master Renzo Musumeci Greco, center, flanked by instructors Maria Agnese Rinaldi, left, and Andres Campos directs the practice at the Musumeci Greco Arms Academy in Rome, Thursday, July 4, 2024. Athletes practice in front of a …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Top 10 athletes who have won most gold medals at Summer Paralympic Games

The Hindu

The 17th edition of the Summer Paralympic Games is set to be held in Paris, France, from August 28 to September 8. Here is the list of top 10 Paralympians with the most gold medals at the Summer Paralympic Games: Trischa Zorn-Hudson - 32 gold medals FILE PHOTO: American para swimmer Trischa Zorn-Hudson. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES French para …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Another Olympics athlete reveals the SHOCKING state of his medal just a few days after winning it... after terrible condition of skateboarder's bronze goes viral

Daily Mail

He is the latest in a string of athletes to show the deterioration of their medal The Team USA fencer earned his glory two weeks ago in the men's individual foil Olympic bronze medalist Nick Itkin showed fans the shocking state of his medal Team USA fencer Nick Itkin has revealed the grisly state of his Olympic bronze medal just …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Heart touching stories of athletes

Deccan Chronicle

The Olympics is a world stage for athletes to showcase their talent and is a platform to earn endless glory. Here some such stories from the Paris Olympics 2024: Pregnant Egyptian Fencer: Egyptian Fencer, Nada Hafiz revealed that she is a 7-month pregnant and competing in the Paris Olympics. Resisting orthodox parents: Lily Ann Zhang, the United States Table Tennis …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

From a boy to a swordsman

China Daily

Cheung Ka-long celebrates beating Italy's Filippo Macchi in the men's foil individual gold-medal bout at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Monday. Two years ago, in a quandary following his gold medal win in the men's individual foil at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Edgar Cheung Ka-long watched Michael Jordan's documentary The Last Dance for a second time to learn …

Olympics Medal Hong Kong Gold Olympic Fencing His Family

4 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. women’s fencing conquers nerves, upsets Italy to win historic gold in team foil

LA Times

It was Lauren Scruggs’ job to anchor the U.S. team, to score a few more points, but she was struggling. Not only did she secure the title in women’s team foil, she also helped teammate Lee Kiefer earn a record third career gold, most ever for an American fencer. “We were a lot more calm.” American Lee Kiefer, right, lunges …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

From a boy to a swordsman

China Daily

Cheung Ka-long celebrates beating Italy's Filippo Macchi in the men's foil individual gold-medal bout at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Monday. Two years ago, in a quandary following his gold medal win in the men's individual foil at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Edgar Cheung Ka-long watched Michael Jordan's documentary The Last Dance for a second time to learn …

Medal Hong Kong Gold Fencing His Family Tokyo Paris Olympics

4 months, 3 weeks ago

From fencer Nada Hafez to cyclist Elinor Barker: 7 women who dominated the Olympic Games while pregnant

Hindustan Times

In an astounding turn of events, Nada Hafez competed in her third Olympic games at the 2024 Summer Olympics a whole 7 months pregnant! Anky van Grunsven is an equestrian from the Netherlands Amelie Kober The German snowboarder won a silver medal at the 2006 Turin, Italy Winter Olympic Games while two months pregnant. Regarded as one of the best …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong hits back at Italy’s protest against fencer Cheung’s win with posts on pineapple pizza

Associated Press

HONG KONG — 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, with Cheung’s supporters celebrating his win with posts about pineapple pizzas—widely considered a culinary blunder in Italian cooking. Italy’s Olympic Committee President Giovanni Malagò suggested the selection of referees was problematic, saying “the two …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Hindu Morning Digest: July 31, 2024

The Hindu

Paris Olympics day 4 highlights Shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh bagged the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match. Nirmala Sitharaman counters Opposition’s charges on Budget, calls it ‘a whole of nation’ approach Countering the Opposition’s charges that the Union Budget had ignored the interests of many States and reduced allocations for social sectors …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez reveals she competed at the Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant

The Hindu

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed that she fought at the Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant. Hafez posted on Instagram that she was “carrying a little Olympian one” hours after she had reached the round of 16 in women's saber Monday. Paris Olympics day 4 updates The 26-year-old fencer from Cairo upset Elizabeth Tartakovsky of the United States, a …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fencer Olga Kharlan claims Ukraine’s first medal with bronze in women’s sabre

The Hindu

Olga Kharlan claimed a dramatic bronze medal for Ukraine as she rallied from a six-point deficit to beat Choi Sebin of South Korea and hand her country its first medal at the Paris Games, in the women’s sabre on Monday. The former world champion, who won her first Olympic medal earning gold in the 2008 team event, returns to an …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Two boxers who failed gender tests at World Championships cleared for Games

The Hindu

Two boxers who were disqualified from last year’s World Championships for failing gender eligibility tests are eligible to compete at the Paris Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. Algeria’s Imane Khelif was disqualified hours before her gold medal bout at the women’s World Championships in New Delhi last year after she failed to meet the International Boxing Association’s …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘A little Olympian’: Egyptian fencer shares she competed 7 months pregnant

New York Times

The seventh month of pregnancy typically involves hip and lower back pain, increased fatigue and shortness of breath. Hafez, 26, revealed Monday that she competed in women’s sabre competition — advancing to the round of 16 — while seven months pregnant. “I’m writing this post to say that pride fills my being for securing my place in the round of …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk comes to Paris to support Ukrainian athletes at Olympics

Associated Press

PARIS — Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has come to Paris to support Ukrainian athletes at the Olympics amid war at home. On Monday, he visited the Ukrainian House in Paris and from there he watched the fencing competition in which Ukrainian Olga Kharlan won the bronze medal in women’s individual saber, marking the first medal for Ukraine at the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan wins her country’s first medal of the Paris Olympics

Associated Press

PARIS — A handshake could have cost Olga Kharlan her place at the Olympics. Kharlan overturned a six-point deficit to beat South Korea’s Choi Sebin 15-14 for the women’s saber fencing bronze medal Monday in a comeback that energized the crowd. It’s gold.” Kharlan was disqualified from last year’s world championships — a key Olympic qualifier — for refusing to …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Queen Kong dominates in French capital

China Daily

Vivian Kong Man-wai of Hong Kong, China, and France's Auriane Mallo-Breton compete in the women's epee individual gold-medal bout during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris, on Saturday. AFP Fencer Vivian Kong Man-wai won China's Hong Kong its third ever Olympic gold medal on Saturday, disappointing the home crowd as she beat France's Auriane Mallo-Breton …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Queen Kong dominates in French capital

China Daily

Vivian Kong Man-wai of Hong Kong, China, and France's Auriane Mallo-Breton compete in the women's epee individual gold-medal bout during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris, on Saturday. AFP Fencer Vivian Kong Man-wai won China's Hong Kong its third ever Olympic gold medal on Saturday, disappointing the home crowd as she beat France's Auriane Mallo-Breton …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Historic Olympic streak ends in a shocking upset as Hungarian fencer Aron Szilagyi is finally beaten

Associated Press

PARIS — An era-defining winning streak in Olympic fencing was snapped in a shocking upset on Saturday as Hungarian fencer Aron Szilagyi lost his opening bout while chasing a fourth consecutive gold medal. Oh Sanguk of South Korea went on to win the men’s saber gold with a 15-11 victory over Fares Ferjani of Tunisia in the final. Szilagyi won …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Hungarian fencer Aron Szilagyi's historic Olympic streak ends as three-time champion stunned in opening bout

India TV News

Hungarian fencer Aron Szilagyi's historic Olympic streak ended in shock as the three-time champion lost his opening bout to Canadian Fares Arfa in the ongoing Paris Olympics on Saturday. The three-time Olympic champion went down Arfa, who made his Olympic debut, by 15-8 Szilagyi is the only male fencer to have won three individual gold medals at the Olympics and …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Inspiring photo campaign showcases the lives of disabled individuals in India

New Indian Express

Stories of perseverance, alienation, compassion and collaboration aren’t rare. Using a Canon 5D Mark III camera, photographer Vicky Roy has captured about 200 disabled people across India, of which 162 images have already been published on the website of the India Inclusion Foundation. One of the 36-year-old Roy’s subjects is a 17-year-old Class XI student named Pooja Singh living in …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Fenced out: Bhavani Devi and a shattered Olympic dream

Hindustan Times

Bhavani Devi’s Olympic qualifiers are done, she lives a two-hour drive away from Paris and the Games are in little over two months. But now I’m learning to weave in a lot more techniques, provocation and working off my opponent’s repertoire.” In 2023, Bhavani became the first Indian fencer to win an Asian Championship medal. Interestingly, world No 2 Manon, …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paralympian loses medals and equipment in Brazilian floods but is improvising to qualify for Paris

Associated Press

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Vanderson Chaves has faced many challenges in more than a decade as a Paralympic fencer, but none as fearsome as the massive floods in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state. Brazil’s Vanderson Chaves, left, and France’s Maxime Valet compete in men’s saber individual, category B preliminary wheelchair fencing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, in Chiba, …

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2024 Paralympics schedule Sept. 4: Can Italian fencer Bebe Vio defend her title yet again?

150-year-old Italian fencing academy trains Hollywood actors as well as Paralympians

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Top 10 athletes who have won most gold medals at Summer Paralympic Games

Another Olympics athlete reveals the SHOCKING state of his medal just a few days after winning it... after terrible condition of skateboarder's bronze goes viral

Paris Olympics 2024: Heart touching stories of athletes

From a boy to a swordsman

U.S. women’s fencing conquers nerves, upsets Italy to win historic gold in team foil

From a boy to a swordsman

From fencer Nada Hafez to cyclist Elinor Barker: 7 women who dominated the Olympic Games while pregnant

Hong Kong hits back at Italy’s protest against fencer Cheung’s win with posts on pineapple pizza

The Hindu Morning Digest: July 31, 2024

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez reveals she competed at the Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fencer Olga Kharlan claims Ukraine’s first medal with bronze in women’s sabre

Paris 2024 Olympics: Two boxers who failed gender tests at World Championships cleared for Games

‘A little Olympian’: Egyptian fencer shares she competed 7 months pregnant

Boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk comes to Paris to support Ukrainian athletes at Olympics

Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan wins her country’s first medal of the Paris Olympics

Queen Kong dominates in French capital

Queen Kong dominates in French capital

Historic Olympic streak ends in a shocking upset as Hungarian fencer Aron Szilagyi is finally beaten

Hungarian fencer Aron Szilagyi's historic Olympic streak ends as three-time champion stunned in opening bout

Inspiring photo campaign showcases the lives of disabled individuals in India

Fenced out: Bhavani Devi and a shattered Olympic dream

Paralympian loses medals and equipment in Brazilian floods but is improvising to qualify for Paris