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Winning for the family Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:13 AM ET By the Associated Press When American fencer Erinn Smart felt her shot at a gold medal slipping away, she turned to someone who knew exactly what she was feeling -- her brother Keeth, a U.S. sabre fencer.
U.S. men's sabre team nabs silver Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 7:01 PM ET By the Associated Press The U.S. team of Keeth Smart, Jason Rogers, Tim Morehouse and James Williams, seeded seventh, advanced to the final before losing to France 45-37. The U.S. beat Russia and Hungary to earn a spot in the final.
Video: Top reactions from day 8 Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 11:42 PM ET By Simon Brown See the top reactions from the women's team foil competition, which featured an unexpected second-place finish by the American squad.
Americans win surprise foil silver Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 8:36 AM ET By the Associated Press Emily Cross, Hanna Thompson and Erinn Smart avenged their losses in the individual foil competition by taking silver in the team event. The U.S. lost 28-11 to Russia in the final.
France wins injury-marred team epee Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:44 AM ET By the Associated Press
France defeated Poland 45-29 to win team epee gold, though World No. 2 Jerome Jeannet hurt his hand during his final bout. In the bronze match, Italy won despite a leg injury to individual gold medalist Matteo Tagliariol.
Ukraine wins team gold Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:39 AM ET By the Associated Press Ukraine's Olga Kharlan won nine of the final 15 points in her bout to help defeat China 45-44 and win the women's team sabre competition. It was a fitting end for Ukraine, which beat the heavily-favored U.S. in the semis.
German duo wins gold Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:42 AM ET By the Associated Press Britta Heidemann and Benjamin Kleibrink each won gold for Germany. Heidemann took first in women's individual epee, Kleibrink in men's invidual foil.
Women's sabre team settles for bronze Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 6:48 AM ET By the Associated Press The favored American team of Mariel Zagunis, Sada Jacobson and Becca Ward lost in the semifinals to Ukraine, 45-39. The women went on to win the bronze, defeating France.
Women's individual epee gold bout Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:30 PM ET By Simon Brown
Germany's Britta Heidemann vs. Romania's Ana Maria Branza for the gold.
Zhong takes sabre gold Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:49 AM ET By the Associated Press
Zhong Man won China's first fencing medal of the 2008 games, defeating Nicolas Lopez of France 15-9. Earlier, Romania's Mihai Covaliu defeated France's Julien Pillet 15-11 to take the bronze.
Vezzali wins another gold for Italy Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 9:34 AM ET By the Associated Press
No. 1 Maria Valentina Vezzali of Italy defeated South Korea's Hyunhee Nam (No. 4) 6-5 to win the women's individual foil gold medal.
Luan's homecoming Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 6:49 AM ET By the Associated Press The 2008 games served as a homecoming for Canadian foilist Luan Jujie. Although she won only one bout, she was very happy just to be back in China.
Out smart-ed: Smart loses in quarters Posted Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:25 PM ET By Simon Brown
No. 5 seed Keeth Smart lost to France's Julien Pillet 15-13. The No. 20 seed rallied from an early deficit to tie Smart late in the bout before taking the last two points.
U.S.'s Kelsey ousted early Posted Saturday, August 9, 2008 8:59 PM ET By NBCOlympics.com
Seth Kelsey, America's lone qualifier in men's individual epee, lost in the round of 32 to France's Fabrice Jeannet 15-11. Kelsey was the fifth seed and Jeannet is 28th. Jeannet went on to finish second.
First U.S. medals come in fencing sweep Posted Saturday, August 9, 2008 1:14 PM ET By the Associated Press Sweeping women's individual sabre, the U.S. surged to the top of the medals table. Mariel Zagunis beat both of teammates to defend her Olympic title, then received her gold as President Bush watched.
Tagliariol wins men's individual epee Posted Saturday, August 9, 2008 9:38 AM ET By the Associated Press
No. 3 seed Matteo Tagliariol of Italy defeated France's Fabrice Jeannet, seeded 28th, 15-9 to win the gold. Spain's Jose Luis Abajo took the bronze with an 8-7 victory over Hungary's Gabor Boczko.
Ward wins bronze Posted Saturday, August 9, 2008 5:06 AM ET By Simon Brown No. 2 seed Becca Ward took the bronze medal, defeating Russia's Sofiya Velikaya 15-14. Ward trailed by as much as five before rallying for the win.
Women's individual sabre quarterfinals Posted Friday, August 8, 2008 6:11 PM ET By Simon Brown Watch Americans Sada Jacobson, Becca Ward and Mariel Zagunis in the quarterfinals, along with China's top fencer, Tan Xue.
Three-for-all: U.S. sweeps sabre Posted Friday, August 8, 2008 8:51 AM ET By the Associated Press
No. 5 seed Mariel Zagunis showed her gold in Athens was no fluke as she defeated No. 1 seed Sada Jacobson to repeat as women's individual sabre champion with a 15-8 win. Earlier, Becca Ward won bronze to give America the sweep.
German to protest opening ceremony Posted Thursday, August 7, 2008 2:33 PM ET By the Associated Press
German fencer Imke Duplitzer is fashioning her own opening ceremony, skipping the official one to protest China's communist government.
Smart learns what adversity is about Posted Thursday, August 7, 2008 11:48 AM ET By the Associated Press
When America's Keeth Smart was last seen at the Olympics, he was in tears, being consoled by teammates after a second straight one-point loss cost the United States a medal.
Americans seeded 1-2 in women's sabre Posted Thursday, August 7, 2008 6:46 AM ET By The Associated Press
Americans Sada Jacobson and Becca Ward are the top two seeds in the Olympic women's individual sabre competition on August 9. The U.S. will have a good chance to sweep the medals in the event
Baldini's 'B' sample confirms positive doping test Posted Monday, August 4, 2008 12:30 PM ET
A backup sample taken from fencer Andrea Baldini came back positive for a banned substance, confirming the doping case that cost the Italian medal-hopeful his spot on the Olympic team.
Baldini banned from Beijing Posted Friday, August 1, 2008 8:50 AM ET Italian fencer Andrea Baldini will miss the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for a diuretic during last month's European Championships in Ukraine.
Fencing trio tries for US sweep in women's sabre Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:03 PM ET By By the Associated Press
Becca Ward remembers how elated she was four years ago, when Mariel Zagunis became the first American in a century to win Olympic gold in fencing.