Martial Arts
Singapore Women's Epee Team: The Bronze Ledger and the Gap to Asia's Elite
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Faces of Singapore's Épée Bronze
Épée Team Bronze and Nagoya's Tie-Break: The Ten Touches Behind Singapore's First Medal
One Touch at the Edge: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Gap Nobody Wants to Measure
42–41: Where Singapore's Épée Team Bronze Was Actually Won — Watched From Nagoya
Singapore Women's Epee Team: The Bronze Ledger and the Gap to Asia's EliteThe air inside the Aichi Sky Expo hall was heavy, but there was no noise. Whe...
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Faces of Singapore's Épée BronzeI didn't watch the bronze-medal bout. There wasn't one. The Asian Games came ...
Épée Team Bronze and Nagoya's Tie-Break: The Ten Touches Behind Singapore's First MedalThe number 41 stayed lit on the piste at Aichi Sky Expo for a long while....
One Touch at the Edge: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Gap Nobody Wants to MeasureHook: The scoreboard reads 42–41, and there is a number that refuses to add u...
42–41: Where Singapore's Épée Team Bronze Was Actually Won — Watched From NagoyaI didn't watch this fencing match from the stands. The Asiad is in my own...
42–41: That Touch of the Blade, and the Table Nobody Printed42–41. Team épée quarter-final, against Uzbekistan, overtime. When the final...
42–41: The Scoreline That Doesn't Fit a 45-Touch Rule, and the Relay Sheet Nobody PublishedA number has been refusing to sit still in my spreadsheet for days. 42–41. A...
42–41: The One Touch That Wrote Singapore's Fencing History — and the Number Nobody Verified42–41: The One Touch That Wrote Singapore's Fencing History — and the Number...
Not 42-41, but 35-45: Where Singapore's Epee Bronze Reached, and Where It StoppedHook 42-41. Aichi Sky Expo, Nagoya. The women's team epee quarter-final,...
42–41: One Overtime Touch and the Real Ledger of Singapore's Épée BronzeIt is just past midnight outside Hall 3 of the Aichi Sky Expo. On my desk in...