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FENCERS ON MISSION TO QUALIFY FOR OLYMPICS
The Straits Times
|April 25, 2024
Well-prepared contingent have last chance to achieve Paris 2024 goal at UAE tournament
There is a board in the home of national foil fencer Samuel Robson on which he declared his aim in 2016 to qualify for the 2024 Olympics.
Now 18, the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) student has a shot at realising this goal as he and four other Singaporean fencers head to Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament, and one final chance to clinch a spot at the Paris Games.
The contingent will be looking to join women's foil fencer Amita Berthier, who secured her place via individual ranking points in March.
To earn a berth for Paris at the April 27-28 continental qualifiers, Singapore's fencers have to win their respective events.
Samuel first dreamt of competing at the Olympics when he started taking fencing seriously at the age of 10, having taken up the sport when he was around eight years old.
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