Lexington native and 3-time Olympic fencing gold medalist Lee Kiefer returned to Kentucky Tuesday after a historic performance during the Paris Olympics.Kiefer claimed her second consecutive gold ...

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 team ...

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 practiced ...

Lausanne, Switzerland — French Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus was cleared of a doping allegation Monday because the judges accepted she was contaminated by kissing her American partner over a period of ...

Peter Westbrook was the first African-American and Asian-American to medal in Olympic fencing, later launching a foundation to increase representation in the sport. Peter Westbrook, a groundbreaking ...

Peter Westbrook, a groundbreaking fencer who became the first African-American and Asian-American to win a medal in fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics, died on Friday, November 29 in New York City.