Is fencing going to be eliminated from the Olympics?
Olympic fencing appears to be very safe for the Olympic competitions, and was expanded to include Women’s Sabre and Epee. According to Gilbert Felli, Sports Director of the International Olympic Committee, the IOC plans to refine future games in various ways, including: — limiting the number of athletes to 15000 — increasing participation by women — eliminating “so-called artificial team events” — limiting sports of a similar type — modernizing the Olympic program — encouraging sports that provide a good television spectacle. In the last decade fencing has undergone numerous revisions to its rules and structure to improve its value as a spectator sport.
Olympic fencing appears to be safe for Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, and has even been expanded to include Women’s Epee. Since the IOC perpetually changes its roster of Olympic sports, nothing is certain beyond then. Although fencing is one of only four sports to have been involved in every modern Olympic Games since their inception in 1896, it has been mentioned in the past as one of the disciplines that may be eliminated from future Games.
Olympic fencing appears to be safe for the present, and was recently expanded to include Women’s Epee. Since the IOC perpetually changes its roster of Olympic sports, nothing is certain in future games. Although fencing is one of only four sports to have been involved in every modern Olympic Games since their inception in 1896, it has been mentioned in the past as one of the disciplines that may be eliminated from future Games. According to Gilbert Felli, Sports Director of the International Olympic Committee, the IOC plans to refine future games in various ways, including: — limiting the number of athletes to 15000 — increasing participation by women — eliminating “so-called artificial team events” — limiting sports of a similar type — modernizing the Olympic program — encouraging sports that provide a good television spectacle.
