Drones, missiles and gunships: Welcome to the 2012 London Olympics - Toronto Star


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Drones, missiles and gunships: Welcome to the 2012 London Olympics
Toronto Star
But the Olympic operation goes above and beyond anything we've ever seen when a western democracy hosts the Games. Not even China in 2008 used drone planes or ringed the proceedings with a massive, high-voltage fence. But here is London, ...

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Father's Olympic path inspires rising US fencing star - USA TODAY


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Father's Olympic path inspires rising US fencing star
USA TODAY
Ever since I was a young kid it was my dream to go to the Olympics becase my father is a three-time Olympian and Olympic coach in 2008. I really wanted to follow in his footsteps and take it a level further and hopefully earn a medal — a gold one at ...

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Fencing: US men's epee team gets the gold, but not the glory - OregonLive.com


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Fencing: US men's epee team gets the gold, but not the glory
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Because the International Olympic Committee allows fencing 10 team championships, and there are 12 possible team events, two team championships aren't contested in each Olympics. The weapons that won't have a team competition in London this summer?

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GAC Student to Compete in USA Fencing Olympics - Patch.com

GAC Student to Compete in USA Fencing Olympics
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By Sarah Bakhtiari A local student will be competing this summer at the 2012 USA Fencing National Championships, a division of the US Olympic games. Welsey McDowell, a sabre fencer and a rising sophomore at Greater Atlanta Christian Schools, ...

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Summer Olympics 2012: 10 Athletes Who Could Become America's Next Stars - Bleacher Report


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Summer Olympics 2012: 10 Athletes Who Could Become America's Next Stars
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Despite an injury that nearly took him out of contention in the 2008 Olympics, Colwill is most likely headed back in 2012. In the recent AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix, his 3-meter dives were worth gold over China's Li Shixin. Colwill's most exciting dive ...

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Black Fencing Champ Shut Out Of Olympic Games Over Technicality - News One


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Black Fencing Champ Shut Out Of Olympic Games Over Technicality
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But he will merely be a spectator like countless others because he is not allowed to participate in this summer's Games, The Daily reports. Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! It seems that with regards to fencing, the International ...
Jim Carpenter Named Head Men's Fencing Coach Stevens Institute of Technology

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Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse never lets his garde down - Los Angeles Times


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Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse never lets his garde down
Los Angeles Times
He will be a third-time Olympian in London when he competes for the US saber team, but Morehouse has plans besides winning a gold medal to add to the silver he got in 2008. Since Beijing, Morehouse has been intently focused on making fencing something ...

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