Welcome to an OLYMPIC year. The biggest event this year is the London Olympics that will be taking place from 28 July 2012 to 5 August 2012. We will keep you up to date with the latest news!

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The new 2012 calendar was uploaded on both the local and international competition pages! Hope to see you all at competitions.

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The FIE launched a new website - see www.fie.org.

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You can now subscribe to the FIE's Escrime magazine for free on the website. It is in digital format!

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL ASTHMATICS:

The Beta-2-agonist - Formoterol will not be banned anymore if taken by inhalation from January 2012. This means that asthmatics will typically not need any TUE anymore, but will just have to declare that they use inhalers containing substances such as salbutamol and formoterol prior to testing!

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Welcome to the official on-line home of the South African Amateur Fencing Association (SAAFA). Here you will find information about the sport of fencing in South Africa. We are very proud of our fencers (who are all amateurs) and who competes both locally and internationally.

South African fencers have competed in the Beijing and Athens Olympic Games as well as World Championships on junior, senior and veteran level. We even have a veteran world champion! South African fencers also compete in Commonwealth fencing championships as well as African fencing championships. There is a national ranking competition series where fencers of all provinces and all ages compete.

For our fencers - you will find information about upcoming competitions, current rankings and selection criteria.

SAAFA is also involved in developing fencing in South Africa and we have already started several high performance centres to prepare our athletes for possible competition at the next Olympic Games in London in 2012.