Buckie Leach, Coach of U.S. Gold Medal Fencer in Tokyo, Dies at 62

By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Sports Under his tutelage, Lee Kiefer became a first for the United States. Leach led the women’s national foil team in five Summer Olympics. He died in a motorcycle accident.https://nyti.ms/3DgdLmb

A St. John’s Fencing Coach Is Fired After Making Racist Remarks

By BY DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR from NYT Sports Boris Vaksman was recorded in a private lesson saying black people “steal” and “kill,” adding that he believed Abraham Lincoln “made a mistake.”https://nyti.ms/2B1Y9qO

U.S. Fencer, Race Imboden, Takes a Knee at Pan-American Games

By DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR from NYT Sports Racism, mistreatment of immigrants and a “president who spreads hate” were among the reasons he knelt, he said.https://nyti.ms/2YXyEB4