Martial Arts
Martial Arts42–41: One Touch, and the Long Empty Column of Singapore Fencing2026-09-26Late last night in Bangkok I was counting a single number on my screen: 41. O...
Martial Arts42–41: The Touch That Moved Singapore Fencing Into the Medal Tier, Not the Elite Tier2026-09-2542–41. Team épée, quarter-final, overtime, one touch. If Elle Koh's blade had...
Martial ArtsSingapore's First Team Épée Bronze: The Quarter-Final Comeback, the Ten-Touch Semi, and an Unfinished Sum2026-09-25At 4:12 a.m. in Dhaka, the scoreboard read 42–41 and the arithmetic did not...
Martial Arts42–41 vs 35–45: A Bronze That Is Singapore's Entry, Not Its Ascent2026-09-26I did not watch it from inside the hall. This time the confession has a...
Martial ArtsThe Sword Medal Landed in Nagoya; the Silence Landed in Dhaka2026-09-26The story happened twenty minutes from my apartment. I still watched it on a...
42–41: One Touch, and the Long Empty Column of Singapore FencingLate last night in Bangkok I was counting a single number on my screen: 41. O...
42–41 vs 35–45: A Bronze That Is Singapore's Entry, Not Its AscentI did not watch it from inside the hall. This time the confession has a...
The Sword Medal Landed in Nagoya; the Silence Landed in DhakaThe story happened twenty minutes from my apartment. I still watched it on a...
42–41: Where Singapore's Blade Stopped, Our Ledger BeginsAt the Aichi Sky Expo strip, the final second of overtime. The board read...
The Fencing Bronze: Built by One Touch, Measured by TenThe Fencing Bronze: Built by One Touch, Measured by Ten The last touch landed...
No Bronze Match, Still a Bronze: Where the Real Question Sits in Singapore's FencingThe bronze survived the semi-final. In team épée there is no bronze-medal mat...
42–41: The Touch That Moved Singapore Fencing Into the Medal Tier, Not the Elite Tier42–41. Team épée, quarter-final, overtime, one touch. If Elle Koh's blade had...
The Fencing Bronze Ledger: Singapore's Three Medals and Our Four Karate Golds42–41. Overtime. When Elle Koh's blade lit up the Uzbek fencer's jacket, the...
Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze: The Quarter-Final Comeback, the Ten-Touch Semi, and an Unfinished SumAt 4:12 a.m. in Dhaka, the scoreboard read 42–41 and the arithmetic did not...