Beijing 2008 - Games of the XXIX Olympiad - August 8th to the 24th, 2008

Dwindling funds? Leadership in hiding? Unpaid athletes and coaches? Phantom appointments? What is going on with the U.S. Fencing Association? In order to address the growing problems in the sport, the U.S. Olympic Committee will announce on Wednesday that it will begin overseeing certain operating aspects of the U.S. Fencing Association, which is in operational and financial freefall after its mos...

Hanna Thompson, 24, will represent the United States in Beijing on the fencing team.

Hanna Thompson, 24, will represent the United States in Beijing on the fencing team.

This is a film clip of Ariel Desmet fencing during the 2006 Junior Olympics

Essex open 2007

This is your chance to make Bowser cry.

The sport of fencing requires competitors to display precision skills and finesse. Both of which Mario has in spades.

A video of the Fencing action in Mario and Sonic at the Olympics

gold medal match...fencing denver junior olympics ms sabre

Jenny fencing a girl from Fencer's club...Stein Wang Fencing jos Junior Olympics Denver Colorado 2007 Foil USFA

In honor of the Olympics some interns from The Hideout try out a new demonstration sport - dildo fencing....radio stunt

Meng vs desmet...Fencing jos Ariel Junior Olympics Denver Colorado Meng desmet Foil NAC

Women's fencing at the Junior Olympics. Note: Junior Olympics != Olympics for young people. It's just for the US national championships....fencing womens

From the documentary "olympia" by leni riefenstahl. The video shows epée and sabre fencing at the Berlim olympics

A fantasy of XBOX360 console game for promoting Beijing Olympics 2008

the fencing round!!

From the documentary "olympia" by leni riefenstahl. The video shows epée and sabre fencing at the Berlim olympics

This is a film clip of Ariel Desmet fencing during the 2006 Junior Olympics.

This was a commercial shown around the 1996 Olympics. The commercial itself is quite silly, but these are my two coaches fencing in it and their form is quite gorgeous! Also, that is not them speaking French, its dubbed over and with subt

August 1936: Hungarian fencing champion Endre Kabos (1906 - 1944) at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

10th December 1960: Rudolf Karpati of Hungary shakes hands with his defeated opponent Mario Ravagnan of Italy after the semi-final of the team sabre fencing event at the 1960 Rome Olympics. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Italian fencer Giuseppe Delfino is overjoyed at winning the gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

SEP 1988: ACTION TAKES PLACE IN THE 1988 SEOUL SUMMER OLYMPICS FENCING ARENA.

18 Sep 2000: A view of the Cuba Men's Fencing team showing off their Bronze Medals during the awards ceremony for the Men's Team Epee Finals for the 2000 Sydney Olympics at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia.Mandatory Credit: Clive Brunskill /Allsport

20 Jul 1996: Aleksandr beketov of Russia and Ivan Trevejo-Perez of Cuba in action during the men''s individual epee portion of the fencing competition at the Georgia World Congress Center at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Beketov we

21 Jul 1996: Margherita Zalaffi of Italy, left, strikes Valerie Barlois of France in the neck during the women''s individual epee portion of the fencing competition at the Georgia World Congress Center at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Geor

22 Jul 1996: Giovanna Trillini, left, of Italy battles with Aihua Xiao of China during the women''s foil competition at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

21 Jul 1996: Laura Flessel of France makes a strike on Valerie Barlois of France in the womens epee final to take the gold medal at the Atlanta-Georgia World Congress at the 1996 Centennial Olympics Games in Atlanta Georgia. Mandatory Credit: Jed Jacobs