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The FIE in Taebaek City, South KoreaThe Fencing Channel is in Asia, in the City of Dreams! Taebaek City is also the location of The 2006 FIE Congress. Lots of decisions are being made, so check back here for our daily updates! Weather outlook: Rainy. Please direct questions to info@fencingchannel.tv. Note: As we get more information, it is inserted into the appropriate paragraph.
Daily video updates:All finals showing @ fencingchannel.tv
FIE UpdatesApril 08, 2006 2:40pm ESTFor the Senior World Championships in 2009, both Greece and Luxemburg want to host them. For 2010 we have France. 2008 Junior/Cadet World Championships — Egypt possibly. And organizers are being searched for, for the 2009 and 2010 JR/Cadet World Championships. In this World Championships in Taebaek City, we have 800 athletes from over 60 countries. We are verifying this number. Explaining the decision: Interview in French: Interview in English: France refused to vote on the decision. Further announcement is that the IOC has given fencing more individual athletes, now there are 212 positions. April 08, 2006
Men's Team Foil, and Women's Team Epee, will be fenced 4 months prior to the Olympics in the 2008 World Championships. Men's Team Sabre and Men's Team Epee will be fenced at the 2008 Olympics. Pictures © copyright FencingPhotos.com.
March, 2006Listen to FIE President Rene Roch interview: There are not enough medals for all the Fencing events at the 2008 Olympics. Rene Roch explains why it comes down to Men's Team Foil and Men's Team Sabre for exclusion. How will the event be decided? When will the decision be made?
Stayed tuned, fencing pictures team will inform you directly from Taebaek city which Team event will be vote out of the Olympic Games in Bejing 2008.Men's foil or Men's Saber?
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In a secret vote, Men's Team Foil was selected for exclusion from the 2008 Olympics. Women's Team Epee is also excluded. For these excluded weapons, there will be just 25 fencers, and a restriction max two per country (so e.g., Italy or France can't send more than 2 even if they otherwise qualify more athletes). 
