This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Read more here. On Sunday in Paris, with a flick of the wrist and an exultant scream, a 30-year-old medical student named Lee Kiefer made history when ...

Twelve-year-old Hong Kong fencing beginner Lloyd got a new role model over the weekend -- "Sword Queen" Vivian Kong Man-wai, who clawed back a 7-1 deficit in the women's epee final to win Olympic gold ...

Fencing has been part of every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Olympics in Athens. Fencing’s origins can be found in swordplay, which has been practiced ...

The sport of fencing represents a more regal form of its more violent predecessor sword-fighting, which has been popular since ancient Egypt. It is only fitting it is a sport at the Olympics which is ...

PARIS, France — Fencing is one of just a handful of sports that has been at every iteration of the modern Olympics, but despite its Olympic longevity, fans might need a refresher on the rules. There ...

On Sunday in Paris, with a flick of the wrist and an exultant scream, a 30-year-old medical student named Lee Kiefer made history when she became the first American fencer to win gold medals in foil ...