Japan Times (Free subscription) | 04/05/2009
MELUN, France (Kyodo) Japan's Beijing Olympic individual foil silver medalist Yuki Ota tasted defeat in his opening match against three-time world champion Peter Joppich of Germany at the elite Fleuret Masters in France on Saturday. Joppich avenged his loss to Ota in the Beijing quarterfinals with a 15-10 win before going on to beat compatriot and Beijing champion Benjamin Kleibrink in the final of...
Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Three American women will aim to sweep the saber medals in the individual event when Olympic fencing kicks off on Saturday....
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Italy's world number one foil fencer Andrea Baldini, one of the favorites to win gold at the Beijing Olympics, has failed a drugs test, the Italian fencing federation (FIS) announced Friday.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Italy's world number one fencer and Olympic favourite Andrea Baldini will miss the Games after failing a drugs test.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Andrea Baldini was five years old when his grandmother spotted him armed with a plastic sword, pretending he was Zorro , and took him to a fencing club.
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