Buy PhotoA U.S. women’s Olympic fencing team cadet athlete, Amanda Pirkowski, left, spars with Olympian Kelley Hurley inside Lotus Culture Center Arena at the Atago Sports Complex in Iwakuni, Japan, July 16, 2021. (Jonathan Snyder/Stars and Stripes)
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — Members of the U.S. women’s Olympic fencing team, after five days of training near this Marine base in western Japan, have packed up their epees, foils and sabers and left for Tokyo to compete for the gold.
During their seven-day stay at MCAS Iwakuni, which ended Monday, the athletes lodged at the Kintai Inn on base and practiced at Lotus Culture Center Arena. It’s part of the Atago Sports Complex, a facility the U.S. military shares with the city of Iwakuni.