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...definitely can’t fault the Crimson for not winning—even in so-called “minor” sports. Harvard fencer Emily Cross just took the NCAA foil title, and her head coach, Peter Brand, was just awarded National Coach of the Year. The men’s volleyball team, under the guidance of first-year coach Chris Ridolfi, has clinched its division and won 13 straight...
...York City-raised champ began climbing the ladder to excellence early; her father, a former collegiate fencer, introduced his son, sophomore Sam Cross, to the sport early on. But it was at Sam’s ninth birthday party when his younger sister took up the mantle...
...caps off a strong fall semester for the team. After a showing at the Penn State Invitational in which every fencer advanced to the finals, Harvard shook an old curse, topping Columbia for the first time since the mid-’90s by a wide 19-8 margin...
When no. 1-ranked Valentina Vezzali faced off against No. 2 Giovanna Trillini in the women's individual foil final last week, they weren't merely dueling for gold. They were fighting for the title of top fencer in Jesi, the small Italian town where both grew up. And since Jesi has dominated the sport for more than a decade, being best in town right now means being best in the world. Before Athens, Trillini had won four Olympic golds (three team, one individual) and Vezzali had won three (two team, one individual). On the morning of their duel, held...
...brings success to so few has led even the victorious to question the nation's obsession with Olympic glory. Xiao Jian, a lanky 30-year-old with an overgrown buzz cut, came to the Guangdong Sports Technology Institute?one rung higher on the sports hierarchy than Weilun?as a fencer back in 1989. At last year's national games, he was the men's ?p?e champion. But he was left off this year's Olympic roster due to what he says are complex disputes between his home province of Guangdong and Jiangsu, which has the best provincial record in fencing...