September 3 Paralympics Preview: Men's Saber

PARIS, France — Two Paralympic debutants including the  youngest member of the 2024 Paralympic squad makes their debut on wheelchair fencing’s opening day.

Under that stunning glass roof of the Grand Palais, Team USA will make its fencing debut at this year’s Paralympics. The lineup for September 3 includes Noah Hanssen and Garrett Schoonover, both making their Paralympic debut.

The tournament format starts with the Round of 32 beginning at 7:00 a.m. ET (12:00 p.m. Paris time). Both Hanssen and Schoonover will start at 7:00 a.m. and then from there the tournament will break into Category A and Category B competing at different times.

As the tournament progresses, competition continues uninterrupted through the quarterfinals. Then there’s a two-hour break so the morning/afternoon session ticket holders can leave and make way for the evening session attendees.

The evening session begins at 2 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Paris) with the semifinals, bronze medal bouts and gold medal bouts, followed immediately by the victory ceremonies for each category.

All bouts are streamed live on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com (streaming schedule).

Men's Saber

Find the full bracket here for Category A and here for Category B and watch live here or on Peacock.

• Table of 16: Starts at 7:00 a.m. ET (12:00 p.m. Paris)

  • Noah Hanssen vs. Feng (CHN) 7:30 a.m. ET, Yellow Strip

  • Garrett Schoonover vs. Schmidt (GER) 8:10 a.m. ET, Green Strip

• Quarterfinals: Cat. B 8:40 a.m., Cat. A 9:20 a.m.

• Semifinal Cat. B: 10:40 a.m.

• Semifinal Cat. A: 11:00 a.m.

• Bronze Medal Bout: Cat. B 2:00 p.m., Cat. A 2:25 p.m.

• Gold Medal Bout: Cat B 2:50 p.m., Cat A 3:40 p.m.