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Fencing at London 2012
Olympics – London 2012 All Google Doodle
- At London 2012, 35 Fencing pistes will be used during competition.
- At the Antwerp 1920 Games, Italy’s Nedo Nadi became the only fencer ever to win a gold medal with every weapon at a single Olympic Games.
- French has been the language of fencing since 1573 when Henri de Saint-Didier, a pioneer of the sport, published a manuscript that included most of the terms for the moves still used today.
- After the Paris 1924 Games, the Italian and Hungarian teams settled a scoring controversy with a real-life duel.
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