November 26th, 2007
Qualification Path For Fencing At The 2008 Olympic Games In Beijing
The Olympics are in Beijing in 2008, how are the teams chosen for the fencing competition?
Over the last 100 years, the number of sports represented in the Olympic games has mushroomed and the IOC took action to attempt to keep the total number of athletes participating in the games to a reasonable level so that the host nations will have a chance at running a decent games.
The FIE is now rotating which events will sit out the team portion of the Olympics (since the IOC won’t grant additional medals for fencing), and for the 2008 Olympic Fencing competition, Men’s Foil and Women’s Epee will only hold an individual tournament.