Japan s Misaki Emura takes gold in the individual women s sabre at the world championships in Cairo, beating Azerbaijan s world No. 1 Anna Bashta 15-10 in the final.
A planned English-language requirement for national team fencers drew comments of bewilderment online, but the president of the Japan Fencing Federation said there is a point to the new rule.
At the start of 2021, I identified seven non-Tokyo 2020 areas to keep
an eye on throughout the duration of the year: Thomas Bach, protests
and activism, athlete representation, athlete welfare, the European
Olympic Committees, the Commonwealth Games and increased female
representation.