New Delhi, June 20 -- The Senior Asian Fencing Championships 2026 kicked off in spectacular fashion on Friday at the iconic Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The prestigious tournament opened at 9:00 AM IST with high-octane preliminary pools and initial direct elimination rounds in two major individual categories: Senior Men's Sabre and Senior Women's Foil.

Competing in front of an electric home crowd, India's finest fencers set an incredibly high benchmark of athleticism as the journey toward the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic cycle officially heats up, according to a press release from FAI.

While regional powerhouses from South Korea, Japan, and China dominated the final podium standings, Indian fencers showed i...