China claimed both gold medals on the final day of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Amsterdam.
World champion Piers Gilliver claimed gold on the final day of individual competition at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Amsterdam.
Sun Gang of China narrowly defeated Richard Osvath of Italy to claim gold in the men's foil A, at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Amsterdam.
World champion Tan Shumei was among China's gold medallists on a successful opening day for the country at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Amsterdam.
Dutch-born athlete Elke Lale van Achterberg is bidding to move closer to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Amsterdam.
International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing has announced that next year's European Championships has been awarded to Hatfield in Britain.
China completed their domination of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Championships by picking up an 11th gold medal on the final day of competition.
China’s domination of the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in South Korea was halted today as they lost the men’s sabre team final to Ukraine and were beaten by eventual champions Hungary in the women’s foil team event.
China added another two gold medals at the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in South Korea, with their men's foil team and women's epee team – both Rio 2016 champions – taking the overall total to 10 in Cheongju, South Korea.
Russia's Alexander Kurzin broke the Chinese gold run at the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Cheongju, South Korea, winning a massively competitive men’s sabre B event.
Italian 22-year-old Beatrice Vio broke the Chinese and British stranglehold on the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships at Cheongju, making a successful defence of her women’s foil B title.
Dimitri Coutya successfully defended his epee B title at the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Cheungju, South Korea, on a day when China racked up another three titles.
Piers Gilliver, Britain's Rio 2016 Olympic Games silver medallist, earned his first global gold, at the epee A event at the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Cheungju, South Korea.
More than 200 competitors have converged on Cheongju in South Korea for the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships which start tomorrow and run until September 23.
China capped an impressive performance at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Warsaw by claiming an additional two gold medals today.
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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