25 years ago, at the 1992 Olympic Games, a Ukrainian with Armenian roots, Gergiy Pogosov, won a gold medal in fencing. This victory changed his life forever, bringing him together with American athletes and Steve Jobs' son Reed. Pogosov is a six-time world champion (1983, 1985-1987, 1989,...

Ethan Kushernik, a 13-year-old boy from Brooklyn, New York, won the Pan American Epee Championship in Pose, Puerto Rico on August 26, 2016. Ethan is currently ranked first in his age group in fencing in the United States. When the boy was 10 years old, for the first time ...

American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is one of the main contenders for the gold medal in the saber tournament. In 2014 in Kazan she became the world champion in team competitions. However, the 30-year-old athlete will go down in history even before the end of the competition in Rio -...

Yuri Gelman is a fencing coach. Born in Kyiv, graduated from the Institute of Physical Education, immigrated to the USA in 1991. Senior men's saber coach at the Olympics in Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London. This year he plans to go with his students to Rio de Janeiro. Opened...