PARIS (AP) — The wheelchair fencing competition at the Paralympic Games is in full swing, taking place under the prestigious glass dome of the Grand Palais in the heart of Paris. Here is what you need ...

Victoria Isaacson, a Poughkeepsie native competing in the Paris Paralympics for wheelchair fencing, finished the last day of individual competitions Friday morning. The 26-year-old hand therapist at ...

Garrett Schoonover was losing a lot of blood when he called his parents from the 405 in Los Angeles seven years ago. Holding a tourniquet on his leg, he told them they needed to come to California — ...

As the 2024 Paralympic Games begin in Paris, Poughkeepsie native Victoria Isaacson is set to compete in the Games' upcoming wheelchair fencing events. Isaacson, 26, has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a group ...

PARIS (AP) — On the sixth day of the Paris Paralympics, medals are up for grabs in seven sports on Tuesday. Among the featured events is wheelchair fencing, where athletes duel with their wheelchairs ...

In a gym overlooking the Tiber River in Rome, Amelio Castro Grueso is practicing thrusting towards an imagined opponent with an épée, a type of fencing blade, while strapped into a sports wheelchair.

When you think of fencing, you probably picture scenes from movies like “Zorro,” “The Princess Bride,” or “Pirates of the Caribbean” — swords clashing and swordsmen darting back and forth. But have ...