Martial Arts
Three Numbers on a Blade: 42–41, 35–45 and Singapore's First Team Épée BronzeFinal bout of the quarter-final, the margin down to a single touch. Singapore...
42–41: Singapore's Quiet Statement in the Asian Games Épée BronzeLast year in Nagoya, an electronic scoring unit landed in the palm of my hand...
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Numbers That Actually Tell Singapore's First Team Fencing BronzeI was not on the floor of the Aichi Sky Expo piste hall. The mewatch stream w...
42–41: Singapore's Last Frame, and the 35–45 Wall Korea BuiltHook: 41–41, One Minute, One Finger The scoreboard at Aichi Sky Expo's Hall...
When the Machine Counts and the Judge Doesn't: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Quiet Arithmetic of Aichi-NagoyaAt ten at night, the only sound left inside Hall 3 of the Aichi Sky Expo was...
42–41: The Hand-Counted Touches Behind Singapore's First Épée Team BronzeIt was twelve minutes past two in the morning. A laptop on the table of my...
42–41: Singapore's First Épée Bronze and the Invisible Ledger of Weapon SportHOOK The touch flickered up on the board and the score read 42–41. Singapore'...
Fencing Is Not a Fighting Art: Singapore's First Bronze and the Arithmetic of 35–45The file landed on my desk in Incheon on a Monday afternoon with a label...
The 42–41 Touch: How Singapore's Épée Bronze Exposed a Ten-Touch GapThe final touch at the Aichi-Nagoya fencing piste read 42–41 on the board. A...
42–41: One Overtime Touch, One Bronze, and the Ledger Nobody Keeps42–41 The final relay of the quarter-final. The scoreboard read 41–41, and...
One Bronze and a Ten-Touch Gap: Which Tier Does Singapore Women's Team Épée Actually Stand On?At around three in the morning, a scoreline stopped on my laptop screen in...
42–41: The Scoreline That Doesn't Fit the 45-Touch RuleTwo things always sit open on my desk — a score sheet and a replay. I never...
42–41: The Most Deceptive Scoreline in Épée, and the Two Truths Inside Singapore's BronzeAt 1:20 a.m. on a Colombo balcony I watched a single touch on a laptop screen...
