Fencing News

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• France secure gold in men's sabre - France take the men's team fencing sabre gold medal beating the United States 45-37 in the final.
• Russia's women ease to foil gold - Russia's fencers use their height advantage to beat the United States 28-11 and take Olympic gold in the women's team foil.
• France cruise to team epee gold - Jerome Jeannet, Fabrice Jeannet and Ulrich Robeiri lead France to a 45-29 victory over Poland.
• Ukraine clinch team sabre title - Ukraine beat China 45-44 to win the women's sabre team gold medal after the host nation's last fencer squanders a healthy lead.
• Germany claim double gold - Germany celebrate winning double gold in fencing thanks to Benjamin Kleibrink's victory in the men's individual foil and Britta Heidemann's win in the women's epee.
• China's Zhong takes sabre gold - China win Olympic gold in the men's individual sabre final when Zhong Man beat France's Nicolas Lopez 15-9.
• Vezzali claims women's foil gold - Italy's Maria Valentina Vezzali wins her third consecutive Olympic foil gold medal in fencing.
• Italy's Tagliariol wins epee gold - Matteo Tagliariol defeats France's Fabrice Jeannet to win his country's first gold of the Games
• Zagunis wins first US gold - Mariel Zagunis wins her second successive Olympic sabre title to lead an US clean sweep of the medals.
• Baldini's positive test confirmed - Italy's world number one foil fencer Andrea Baldini will definitely miss the Olympics after a second positive doping test.