https://www.scmp.com/rss/524616/feed The latest news and top stories on Enzo Lefort. A distinguished French foil fencer, he is a former individual world champion in 2019 and 2022, and a 2014 team world champion. He secured a Tokyo Olympics team gold medal in 2021 and a Rio 2016 team silver. A four-time European team champion, Lefort is also a qualified physiotherapist and a Sergeant in the Ministry of the Armed Forces. His responsibilities include rigorous training and representing France. Beyond sport, he is known for his... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Ryan Choi Chun-yin is set to be at the vanguard of a Drive to Survive-style initiative aimed at placing fencing “on the global stage all year round”. The World Fencing League (WFL), brainchild of 2016 Olympic team foil bronze medallist Miles Chamley-Watson, will stage its inaugural event in Los Angeles next month. One of 12 elite athletes invited to compete, Choi believes the pioneering competition is “a huge step forward for the sport, because we’re going beyond just fencing”. “It’s something... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348283/hong-kong-world-champion-ryan-choi-set-be-part-huge-step-forward-fencing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348283/hong-kong-world-champion-ryan-choi-set-be-part-huge-step-forward-fencing?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:00:23 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Champion fencer Cheung Ka-long finally returned to normal training last week as he builds up to the National Games, and a fully rested and rejuvenated two-time Olympic champion is probably the last man any opponent would wish to meet on the piste at Kai Tak Arena next month. It was the first time the Hongkonger had picked up his weapon since his stunning first-round loss at the World Fencing Championships in Tbilisi on July 23. He did pick it up once in that time, but only for a friendly... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3329103/rested-and-refreshed-hong-kong-fencer-cheung-ka-long-ready-national-games-build?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3329103/rested-and-refreshed-hong-kong-fencer-cheung-ka-long-ready-national-games-build?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 23:00:10 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After winning the first of his three Olympic medals in Rio in 2016, fencer Enzo Lefort hung around in the Brazilian city for nine more days. “I partied for eight of them,” said Lefort, who won a silver in the team foil event in Brazil. “The day we got the medal, I went to the French house and partied until 6am; I got back to the village at 7.” Last year, in a Paris Olympics competition staged a few kilometres from his apartment, Lefort lost the closing three points in a 15-14 quarter-final... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3325324/how-enzo-lefort-got-over-losing-hong-kong-fencer-cheung-ka-long-his-home-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3325324/how-enzo-lefort-got-over-losing-hong-kong-fencer-cheung-ka-long-his-home-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:28:19 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Cheung Ka-long whetted the appetite for the National Games on Tuesday, taking on Enzo Lefort in a fencing exhibition at Hong Kong Palace Museum to mark 75 days to go until the multi-sport extravaganza. Staged to step up anticipation for the city co-hosting November’s Games, the “Palace of Champions: Fencing for Spirit” event thrust Cheung into combat with a Frenchman he narrowly beat on his way to winning Olympic gold for a second time in Paris last year. And just as he did in their Paris... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3323244/hong-kong-marks-75-days-until-national-games-cheung-ka-long-fencing-display?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3323244/hong-kong-marks-75-days-until-national-games-cheung-ka-long-fencing-display?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:16:52 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Fencing ace Cheung Ka-long is to stage a Paris Olympics rematch in Hong Kong this month against Enzo Lefort, whom he beat in thrilling fashion en route to a glorious gold in the French capital last year. The Hong Kong Palace Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District will be the setting for the August 26 event, organised by local charity the GDCD Association as part of a fencing exhibition to celebrate the city co-hosting November’s National Games. It will pit France’s Lefort – a three-time... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321607/olympic-fencing-winner-cheung-ka-long-face-ex-world-champ-hong-kong-exhibition-bout?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321607/olympic-fencing-winner-cheung-ka-long-face-ex-world-champ-hong-kong-exhibition-bout?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:12:51 +0000