Chris Barrilleaux leaves his home once a week. Every Friday night, the 27-year-old has a half-hour fencing lesson. His mother, Julie Miller, prepares him for the outing. It takes her nearly 20 minutes ...

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Patricia Dykes (right), better known as 'Mama T,' fences her opponent on Jan. 16, 2023 at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup. (Jonathan Lehrfeld/Staff) As she lunged against her ...

Descended from an ancient form of combat, fencing is a difficult enough sport while standing on two legs. Imagine dueling in a wheelchair. Welcome to the world of Curt Oswalt, a wounded warrior who ...

The name of the game is wheelchair fencing, but the sport of swordplay at the Paralympics is open to amputee, cerebral palsy and wheelchair athletes. To level the playing field all must compete in a ...

The wheelchair fencing competition will be held from Tuesday, Sept. 3 to Saturday, Sept. 7 during the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Athletes’ wheelchairs remain in a fixed position. Fencers cannot move ...

PARIS — The wheelchair fencing competition at the Paralympic Games is in full swing, taking place under the prestigious glass dome of the Grand Palais in the heart of Paris. Here is what you need to ...

Welcome to Week 20 of the Paris 2024 Sport Week. This week, all you need to know about wheelchair fencing, a fierce and fast-moving combat sport that has been staged at the Paralympics since the ...

Scientists carrying out research to create an evidence-based sports classification system for wheelchair fencing have published the findings of their first study. Lead researcher Alexandre Villiere ...

The development of wheelchair fencing in Slovenia has been a challenge. But that has not deterred the enthusiasm of Matjaz Fleischmann and Peter Brigola since their mission began in 2010. Now with two ...