Fencing has been part of every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Olympics in Athens. Fencing’s origins can be found in swordplay, which has been ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. PARIS — U.S. women wrapped up Olympic fencing competitions with a first-ever ...

The Olympic fencing competitions continue on Sunday, July 28 with the women’s individual foil and men’s individual epee events. American Lee Kiefer, the defending gold medalist from Tokyo, is the ...

Lee Kiefer, who won gold in the women's foil at the Tokyo Olympics, leads the U.S. fencing team into the Paris Games.