Paralympics wheelchair fencing schedule: Matches and start times
Known as ‘murderball’, the sport is played in an aggressive and committed fashion, making it one of the most entertaining sports of any Games
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Your support makes all the difference.The Paralympic wheelchair fencing gets underway on 25 August at the Makuhari Messe convention centre in Tokyo.
Participants from 20 nations will compete across 16 categories with events in the épée, foil and sabre.
China dominated the sport at the 2016 Paralympics, taking nine golds and 17 out of a possible 42 medals in Rio de Janeiro.
There was success for Britain in the Men’s Epée A too, though, with Piers Gilliver taking a silver medal and the 26-year-old will be back in action on Wednesday as he bids for further glory.
Preliminary rounds will be held on a round-robin basis with fencers split into pools in each category before knockout rounds to determine the medal winners.
You can read the full schedule for all other Paralympic events here.
Full wheelchair fencing schedule
All times UK
Wednesday 25 August
Men’s Sabre
1am Preliminary pools
4am Round of 16
5am Quarter-finals
7.30am Semi-Finals
8.30 Bronze medal bouts
9.30 Gold medal bouts
Women’s Sabre
2.30am Preliminary pools
4.30am Round of 16
5.30 Quarter-finals
8am Semi-finals
9am Bronze medal bouts
10.30am Gold medal bouts
Thursday 26 August
Men’s Epée
1am Preliminary pools
5.40am Round of 16
6.40am Quarter-finals
9am Semi-Finals
10am Bronze medal bouts
11am Gold medal bouts
Women’s Epée
3.20am Preliminary pools
6.10am Round of 16
7.10am Quarter-finals
9.30am Semi-finals
10.30am Bronze medal bouts
12pm Gold medal bouts
Friday 27 August
Men’s Epée Team
12.30am Preliminary pools
7am Semi-finals
9.30am Bronze medal bouts
10.30am Gold medal bouts
Women’s Epée Team
1.30am Preliminary pools
7am Semi-finals
9.30am Bronze medal bouts
11.30am Gold medal bouts
Saturday 28 August
Men’s Foil
1am Preliminary pools
5am Round of 16
6am Quarter-finals
8.30am Semi-Finals
9.30am Bronze medal bouts
10.30am Gold medal bouts
Women’s Foil
3am Preliminary pools
5.30am Round of 16
6.30am Quarter-finals
9am Semi-finals
10am Bronze medal bouts
11.30am Gold medal bouts
Sunday 29 August
Men’s Foil Team
12.30am Preliminary pools
7am Semi-Finals
9.30am Bronze medal bouts
10.30am Gold medal bouts
Women’s Foil Team
1.30am Preliminary pools
7am Semi-Finals
9.30am Bronze medal bouts
11.30am Gold medal bouts
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