Fencing








No Russian fencers at Paris Olympics: EFC

No Russian fencers at Paris Olympics: EFC

The European Fencing Confederation says no fencers from Russia or Belarus will participate in the Paris Olympics after those eligible under a neutral banner did not enter for European qualifiers, according to Agence France-Presse.





Hungary's Pál Schmitt receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Hungary's Pál Schmitt receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Hungary's double Olympic champion and honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Pál Schmitt, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hungarian Sports Journalists' Association at The Athlete of the Year 2023 Gala in Budapest this week. The trophy was presented to Pál Schmitt by Madame President Katalin Novák, Hungary's Head of State, and Zsolt Gyulay, President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and a double Olympic champion himself.