• For starters, of course, visit the USOC's website and its shiny fencing-specific pages.

• In addition to the medal count info on the USOC site, there are also some nifty 'Fencing in the Olympics' stats at the Sports Reference website.
  

• Fencing Photos' select fencing photos of the day from Beijing - the full gallery will be posted a few days after the Games wrap up.

• Official photos of the fencers can be seen here.
  

• Boston.com has a strong collection of women's 2008 Olympics fencing images selected from the Getty Images pool.
  

• Saberist Tim Morehouse was recently featured in Treasure HD's Elite Athletes
  

• Speaking of Tim, here's his blog -- see the Olympic experience from the other side!
  

• The New York Times has a good article about the Manhattan Fencing Club and the five Olympians preparing there for the Games. (Don't miss the embedded video partway down the page!)
  

• Visit NBC's official site for Olympic Fencing, including:

  • Fencing news from around the world
    

  • Great videos, including bouts, explanations/tutorials for those not familiar with our sport, and interviews. (You'll need to install Microsoft Silverlight to view these. Just follow the prompts!)
    

  • A fantastic photo gallery
    

  • You can also learn more about the athletes as well as all sorts of details about the sport in general!
    

  • Vote for fencing as your favorite Olympic sport!
    

  • And don't overlook the option on the right side of the page to sign up for live Olympic video!
    

Hm. There's something else I should list. Wonder what that might be. Oh yes! THE SCHEDULE!!!

• The overall schedule for all fencing events
  

• NBC's full TV and online viewing schedule for fencing
  How about the tableaus? (No pools, they go straight to DEs -- their 'pools' are the entire season!)

  • Men's individual epee Gold: Matteo Tagliariol, Italy - Silver: Fabrice Jeannet, France - Bronze: Jose Luis Abajo, Spain
    

  • Women's individual epee Gold: Britta Heidemann, Germany - Silver: Ana Maria Branza, Romania - Bronze: Ildiko Mincza-Nebald, Hungary
    

  • Men's team epee Gold: France (Jeannet, Jeannet, Robeiri) - Silver: Poland (Andrzejuk, Motyka, Wiercioch, Zawrotniak) - Bronze: Italy (Carozzo, Confalonieri, Rota, Tagliariol)
    

  • Men's individual foil Gold: Benjamin Philip Kleibrink, Germany - Silver: Yuki Ota, Japan - Bronze: Salvatore Sanzo, Italy
    

  • Women's individual foil Gold: Maria Valentina Vezzali, Italy - Silver: Nam Hyunhee, Korea - Bronze: Margherita Granbassi, Italy
    

  • Women's team foil Gold: Russia (Shanaeva, Boyko, Lamonova, Nikichina) - Silver: USA (Cross, Willette, Thompson, Smart) - Bronze: Italy (Salvatori, Vezzali, Trillini, Granbassi)
    

  • Men's individual saber Gold: Man Zhong, China - Silver: Nicolas Lopez, France - Bronze: Mihai Covaliu, Romania
    

  • Women's individual saber Gold: Mariel Zagunis, USA - Silver: Sada Jacobson, USA - Bronze: Becca Ward, USA
    

  • Men's team saber Gold: France (Lopez, Pillet, Sanson) - Silver: USA (Morehouse, Rogers, Smart, Williams) - Bronze: Italy (Montano, Occhiuzzi, Pastore, Tarantino)
    

  • Women's team saber Gold: Ukraine (Kharlan, Khomrova, Pundyk, Zhovnir) - Silver: China (Bao, Huang, Ni, Tan) - Bronze: USA (Jacobson, Ward, Wozniak, Zagunis)
    

Final USA fencing medal count:

• Gold: 1 (WS)

• Silver: 3 (WS, WTF, MTS)

• Bronze: 2 (WS, WTS)

Not too shabby considering prior to 2004 our most recent medal had been a bronze in MS in 1986! And our total medal count since 1896 -- including men's single sticks! -- was 12 prior to this year.

No, I didn't forget women's team epee or men's team foil. Three weapons + two genders + individual + team = a whole lotta events/medals. The IOC is constantly looking to trim old sports that don't generate much income to make room for new revenue makers. And fencing is always on the chopping block. The best way to convince them that fencing needs to stay? Watch! Comment! Support! Let them (and NBC) know that we're out here! (In a good way, of course!)