Lauren Scruggs is competing in the fencing category of foil for Team USA as part of Team LGBTQ. So how does she describe her Olympic fencing event of foil? “It’s kind of like, if you’ve watched the ...

PARIS—Every four years, when people watching the Olympics find themselves oddly transfixed by fencing, they tend to have a few questions.

The Mask of Zorro; The Princess Bride; The Three Musketeers; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; The Adventures of Robin Hood. The list goes on for famous literary and cinematic portrayals of fencing, ...