Did you watch the Paris Olympics? Fencing was one of the sports at play. In fact, fencing was a part of the original 1896 modern Olympics and has been  ever since.

Ukraine got its first gold medal in the Paris Olympics in women’s team Sabre fencing (as a reminder Ukraine has gone through war with Russia for a couple of years). They were extremely happy to win this medal. While they were fencing, the fencers thought about Ukraine soldiers on the front lines. From my family’s home country, Korea, Oh Sang-uk led his team to victory in the men’s Sabre team. Also, this is the second time in a row that the Korean team won this Olympic contest.

For the U.S. fencers, Lee Kiefer and Lauren Scruggs were in the gold medal match of women’s foil. Kiefer won gold and Scruggs was the first Black fencer to win a medal.

I enjoyed watching the Olympic fencing, especially because I do fencing. Even if you haven’t watched fencing before, you should try it! If you think Olympic fencing is fun, I hope you also try fencing yourself!