China dominated day two of the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championship by claiming three out of the four titles on offer in Eger, Hungary, today.
China’s Xu Feng Zou emerged as the shock winner of the women’s category A epee event at the 2015 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Championships after beating the defending champion Jing Rong in Eger, Hungary.
USA Fencing has selected five athletes for the upcoming Wheelchair World Championships due to take place in Egers in Hungary next month.
A collaboration agreement has been signed by the International Fencing Federation (FIE) and the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) to help develop wheelchair fencing.
Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been chosen to host the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing Under-23 and Under-17 World Championships, it has been announced.
Italian Beatrice Vio secured her fourth straight major title with gold at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup on home soil at Pisa.
Brazil dominated the Wheelchair Fencing Americas Championships in Montreal, triumphing in six of the seven events.
Germany's Simone Briese-Baetke claimed her eighth title of a remarkable year in the women's category B epee event at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Fencing Grand Prix in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong will be gunning for gold when the wheelchair fencing competition begins at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games, but Paralympic champion Chan Yui Chong is expecting stiff competition.
Great Britain's wheelchair fencers have recorded their best ever medal haul at a World Cup event after securing a silver and two bronze in Lonato, Italy.
April 29 - British wheelchair fencing and wheelchair basketball legend Cyril Thomas has died at the age of 86.
December 24 - China ended a dominant year in typically strong fashion by winning nine of the 13 available titles at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Fencing Grand Prix in Hong Kong.
August 10 - Ukraine and Hong Kong broke the Chinese and Russian dominance on day four at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Fencing Championships at the Syma Event and Congress Centre in Budapest by each taking team event gold medals.
August 9 - China continued to lead the way on day three of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Fencing Championships in Budapest as they won three of the four available titles, but Russia's Alexander Logutenko foiled their clean-sweep ambitions with his second gold medal of the week.
August 8 - Russia's Alexander Kuzyukov and Alexander Logutenko each won gold medals on the second day of the the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Fencing World Championships at the Syma Event and Congress Centre in Budapest. on a day dedicated entirely to the epee disciplines.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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