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2023 Worlds Final Recap: Team USA Finishes With Four Medals and Retains Olympic Qualifying Positions in Five of Six Weapons

07/30/2023, 9:30am CDT, By Bryan Wendell

While Team USA earned no medals on Sunday, the ninth and final day of the 2023 Fencing World Championships in Italy, the trip to Milan was an unmitigated success with four medals and five of our six teams still in Olympic qualifying position.

2023 Worlds Recap, Day 8: Women’s Saber, Men’s Foil Teams Advance to Quarterfinals as Women’s Foil Team Finishes Fourth

07/29/2023, 9:15am CDT, By Bryan Wendell

On Saturday, the eighth day of the 2023 Fencing World Championships in Italy, both squads did exactly that — ensuring they’ll continue fencing on Sunday, the tournament’s final day.

2023 Worlds Recap, Day 7: With Dramatic Win in Bronze Medal Match, Team USA Earns First Ever Senior Team World Championships Medal in Men’s Saber

07/28/2023, 10:45am CDT, By Bryan Wendell

Since 1930, the first year a men’s saber team event was held at Senior Worlds, the United States had never had a men’s team medalist. Until Friday in Milan.

2023 Worlds Recap, Day 6: Nick Itkin Wins Individual Silver in Men’s Foil, His Third Worlds Medal in the Past Two Years

07/27/2023, 4:15pm CDT, By Bryan Wendell

Nick Itkin, the 23-year-old Notre Dame graduate who fences for the LA International Fencing Center won a silver medal in Men’s Foil on Thursday at the FIE Fencing World Championships, surpassing the bronze he earned at the same event in 2022.

2023 Worlds Recap, Day 5: Lee Kiefer OLY Wins Bronze in Milan, Her Seventh Medal at Senior Worlds

07/26/2023, 4:15pm CDT, By Bryan Wendell

Lee Kiefer OLY (Bluegrass Fencers’ Club) won an individual bronze medal on Wednesday at the 2023 Fencing World Championships in Italy. Kiefer, the reigning Olympic champion in women’s foil, has now medaled at five straight Senior World Championships.

Unsung Heroes: What Does the Cadre Do at a Fencing Tournament like Senior Worlds?

07/26/2023, 7:30am CDT, By Bryan Wendell

They’re the first to show up at the venue, sometimes arriving with the athletes and coaches before the competition hall’s doors are even unlocked. And when the competition day ends, sometimes with a medal, their work is still not done. Meet the unsung heroes of the fencing world.

2023 Worlds Recap, Day 4: Eli Dershwitz Becomes Team USA’s First Senior World Champion in Men’s Saber

07/25/2023, 2:00pm CDT, By Bryan Wendell

Eli Dershwitz OLY, the 27-year-old Harvard graduate from Sherborn, Mass., is the 2023 Senior World Champion after defeating the world’s three highest-ranked fencers, including the reigning world and Olympic champion.

2023 Worlds Recap, Day 3: Women’s Saber and Men’s Foil Prelims

07/24/2023, 7:15am CDT, By Bryan Wendell

After Women’s Saber and Men’s Foil action at the Fencing World Championships, all eight Team USA fencers are through to Thursday’s main table of 64.

2023 Worlds Recap, Day 2: Women’s Foil and Men’s Epee Prelims

07/23/2023, 3:00pm CDT, By Bryan Wendell

After Women’s Foil and Men’s Epee action at the Fencing World Championships, five of eight Team USA fencers are through to Wednesday’s main table of 64.

2023 Worlds Recap, Day 1: Women’s Epee and Men’s Saber Prelims

07/22/2023, 10:15am CDT, By Bryan Wendell

After Women’s Epee and Men’s Saber action at the Fencing World Championships, seven of eight Team USA fencers are through to Tuesday’s main table of 64.

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