Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the fencing competition

FILE - Gerek Meinhardt, of the Unites States, celebrates after winning a point as he competes against Vladislav Mylnikov, of the Russian Olympic Committee, in the men’s foil team semifinal competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 1, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. Meinhardt is a two-time bronze medalist in men’s team foil and Lee Kiefer is the reigning women’s foil gold medalist; together they are fencing’s power couple.

—Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt, United States: Kiefer is the reigning women’s foil gold medalist, Meinhardt is a two-time bronze medalist in men’s team foil, and together they are fencing’s power couple. Married since 2019, Kiefer and Meinhardt both put medical school at the University of Kentucky on hold to train for the Olympics but will go back next year.

—Aron Szilagyi, Hungary: On one of the greatest runs in Olympic history, Szilagyi is aiming for a record fourth title in men’s saber after winning the gold medal at the London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Olympics. Szilagyi hasn’t lost an individual bout at the Olympics since Beijing 2008.—Russian fencers won three gold medals in Tokyo but didn’t qualify any athletes for Paris. That could shake up the medal table.

—Fencing is never far away from controversy, especially in fast-moving saber fights, where points can be won in a fraction of a second and much is left up to a referee’s judgement. USA Fencing opened an investigation in March into “potential bout manipulation” in saber fights after complaints that allegedly biased refereeing could have affected qualification for the Olympics. It said in April that two referees were suspended, but there was “no evidence that individual U.S.

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