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Katharine Holmes '17, sophomore Mohamed Hamza, Anna Van Brummen '17 and Eliza Stone '13 are in Tokyo for the Olympic Games.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Tokyo Olympics Preview: Fencing
July 21, 2021 | General, Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
Four current and former Princeton fencers are in Tokyo set for the Olympic Games, with fencing competition set to begin Friday night.
Katharine Holmes '17, a four-time All-America and the 2017 NCAA épée runner-up, will get the competition started with Friday's 8 p.m. ET opening of the individual competition. Fencers who make the semifinals will return for a 5 a.m. ET start on Saturday to compete for medals. It will be Holmes' second Olympics, as she made the round of 32 in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and finished fifth with Team USA.
Rising junior Mohamed Hamza and Eliza Stone '13 will start their individual competition on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, with Hamza in men's foil and Stone in women's saber. Hamza, an All-America honoree in 2019 with a sixth-place finish at the NCAAs, finished seventh with Team Egypt in 2016 and will be competing in the individual event for the first time. Stone, a four-time All-America and the 2013 NCAA champ who helped Princeton win a team title that year, is in her first Games. Semifinalists will return on Monday at 5 a.m. ET for medal bouts.
Monday will also see the beginning of the women's team épée competition at 10:25 p.m. ET, where Holmes and the Americans will be aiming for their first medal since getting bronze in 2012 in London with Maya Lawrence '02 and Susannah Scanlan '14 on the team. That was the Americans' best finish in the weapon since it debuted in 1996. The finals will be held at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Anna Van Brummen '17, the 2017 NCAA saber champion and twice an All-America, could compete as a replacement athlete in the team event.
Friday, July 30 will see the start of the women's team saber competition at 9 p.m. ET with Stone and Team USA looking to follow up the bronze medals won in 2008 and 2016, the only other times the women's team saber event was held in the Olympics. The finals are set for 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 31.
That Saturday will also see the start of the men's team foil competition at 8 p.m. ET with the finals at 5:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, August 1. The seventh-place finish in 2016 was Egypt's best since finishing fourth in 1956.
A full schedule and broadcast links for NBCOlympics.com in the U.S. are available here.
Katharine Holmes '17, a four-time All-America and the 2017 NCAA épée runner-up, will get the competition started with Friday's 8 p.m. ET opening of the individual competition. Fencers who make the semifinals will return for a 5 a.m. ET start on Saturday to compete for medals. It will be Holmes' second Olympics, as she made the round of 32 in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and finished fifth with Team USA.
Rising junior Mohamed Hamza and Eliza Stone '13 will start their individual competition on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, with Hamza in men's foil and Stone in women's saber. Hamza, an All-America honoree in 2019 with a sixth-place finish at the NCAAs, finished seventh with Team Egypt in 2016 and will be competing in the individual event for the first time. Stone, a four-time All-America and the 2013 NCAA champ who helped Princeton win a team title that year, is in her first Games. Semifinalists will return on Monday at 5 a.m. ET for medal bouts.
Monday will also see the beginning of the women's team épée competition at 10:25 p.m. ET, where Holmes and the Americans will be aiming for their first medal since getting bronze in 2012 in London with Maya Lawrence '02 and Susannah Scanlan '14 on the team. That was the Americans' best finish in the weapon since it debuted in 1996. The finals will be held at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Anna Van Brummen '17, the 2017 NCAA saber champion and twice an All-America, could compete as a replacement athlete in the team event.
Friday, July 30 will see the start of the women's team saber competition at 9 p.m. ET with Stone and Team USA looking to follow up the bronze medals won in 2008 and 2016, the only other times the women's team saber event was held in the Olympics. The finals are set for 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 31.
That Saturday will also see the start of the men's team foil competition at 8 p.m. ET with the finals at 5:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, August 1. The seventh-place finish in 2016 was Egypt's best since finishing fourth in 1956.
A full schedule and broadcast links for NBCOlympics.com in the U.S. are available here.
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