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- épée 1
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: a fencing or dueling sword having a bowl-shaped guard and a rigid blade of triangular section with no cutting edge that tapers to a sharp point blunted for fencing compare foil entry 4 sense 1, saber
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: the art or sport of fencing with the épée
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Fencing — Men’s team epee at 1:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m.
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Larissa Gao, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
Also Sunday, Japan's Koki Kano beat France's Yannick Borel 15-9 for the men's epee gold medal.
—CBS News, 29 July 2024
Vivian Kong won Hong Kong's first medal at the Paris Games, topping the podium in the women's epee individual event.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 31 July 2024
Susan Baek Fencing uses three different weapons: epee (or épée), foil and saber.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
Dressage, Grand Prix, Day 1 (delay) | E! FENCING
7:30 a.m. —Team epee semifinals | E!
1:30 p.m. —Women’s team epee bronze/gold finals (delay) | E!
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
Also Sunday, France’s Yannick Borel was facing Japan’s Koki Kano for the men’s epee gold medal.
—James Ellingworth, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024
But approximately 17,000 pieces of athletes’ luggage will be irregular, including everything from epees to kayaks, which is a challenge.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 24 July 2024
There are 163 athletes from Northern California competing, including 82-year-old epee fencer Ernie Simard of Petaluma.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2024
Larissa Gao, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
Also Sunday, Japan's Koki Kano beat France's Yannick Borel 15-9 for the men's epee gold medal.
—CBS News, 29 July 2024
Vivian Kong won Hong Kong's first medal at the Paris Games, topping the podium in the women's epee individual event.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 31 July 2024
Susan Baek Fencing uses three different weapons: epee (or épée), foil and saber.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
Dressage, Grand Prix, Day 1 (delay) | E! FENCING
7:30 a.m. —Team epee semifinals | E!
1:30 p.m. —Women’s team epee bronze/gold finals (delay) | E!
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
Also Sunday, France’s Yannick Borel was facing Japan’s Koki Kano for the men’s epee gold medal.
—James Ellingworth, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024
But approximately 17,000 pieces of athletes’ luggage will be irregular, including everything from epees to kayaks, which is a challenge.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 24 July 2024
There are 163 athletes from Northern California competing, including 82-year-old epee fencer Ernie Simard of Petaluma.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2024
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“épée.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%C3%A9p%C3%A9e. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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