The 2026 International Fencing Federation (FIE) season continues this weekend with the foil Grand Prix in Lima, Peru.
A field of 300 fencers will compete this weekend and on the women’s side the fencer to watch will be the third-ranked Martina Batini of Italy, who not only won the last Grand Prix in Turin, Italy in February, but reached the top of the podium in December at the World Cup in Busan, Republic of Korea.
Another foilist to watch will be Komaki Kikuchi of Japan, who has taken a bronze medal at both the Turin Grand Prix and the November World Cup in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
On the men’s side, the focus will be on the second-ranked Guillaume Bianchi of Italy, who has made the podium at all three competitions he has fenced in this season. After back-to-back bronze medals at the November World Cup in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and the January World Cup in Paris, France, Bianchi took a shiny gold at the Turin Grand Prix.
Another fencer to watch will be two-time defending Olympic Champion Ka Long Cheung of Hong Kong, China. The ninth-ranked Cheung, in somewhat of a slump after the Olympic Games Paris 2024, returned to form at the Turin Grand Prix, where he won a bronze medal.
Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Lima, Peru
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 20-22 March 2026
Info: Women’s Individual Foil, Men’s Individual Foil