Descended from an ancient form of combat, fencing is a difficult enough sport while standing on two legs. Imagine dueling in a wheelchair. Welcome to the world of Curt Oswalt, a wounded warrior who ...

PARIS — The wheelchair fencing competition at the Paralympic Games is in full swing, taking place under the prestigious glass dome of the Grand Palais in the heart of Paris. Here is what you need to ...

The wheelchair fencing competition will be held from Tuesday, Sept. 3 to Saturday, Sept. 7 during the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Athletes’ wheelchairs remain in a fixed position. Fencers cannot move ...

Aaron Askanase, a wheelchair user, had been searching for the perfect adaptive sport, and he found it: parafencing. “I was looking for an adaptive sport that ... was going to make me feel good after I ...

At 26, Poughkeepsie native Victoria Isaacson has already faced off against some of the greatest parafencers in the world. A hand therapist at Ivy Rehab, Isaacson is a two-time member of the Wheelchair ...

Quinnipiac alum Victoria Isaacson is excited to compete in wheelchair fencing at the Paralympics. "It's been a goal, but also it's been a trust the process moment where I knew if I put in the work, I ...

A boxer until a motorcycle accident took an arm and a leg, local athlete Kevin Reeve has found his boxing skills put him right at home in the world of competitive parafencing. BAKERSFIELD, Calif.

When Dayton police officer Byron Branch finally regained consciousness at Miami Valley Hospital in December of 2016 after being hit by an SUV that spun out of control in icy conditions on Interstate ...

As the 2024 Paralympic Games begin in Paris, Poughkeepsie native Victoria Isaacson is set to compete in the Games' upcoming wheelchair fencing events. Isaacson, 26, has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a group ...

"En garde!" the coach shouts. Two opposing fencers, uniformed and masked, raise their sabers before their own faces. Both Greek fencers, Panos Triantafyllou and Vasilis Ntounis, are in wheelchairs.