Challenge Monal: fencing at the Men's Epee World Cup in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

Fencing returns to the Île-de-France region with a particularly eagerly awaited World Cup, the men's epee, following an impressive Paris 2024 Olympic Games . Our French fencers will need all the support they can get to shine and go for gold, over three days, from May 23 to 25, 2025, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés! In individual and team events, the top 300 fencers in their discipline will compete in the second edition of the Challenge Monal, with our top 20 French fencers and nearly 50 nations represented!

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Our "Bleus" will be putting on a great show, providing an opportunity to watch fencing and cheer on our individual and team athletes at this major sporting exchange, the last selective event for the next European and World Championships! Alongside this historic competition, created in 1938, introductory sessions to fencing and handi-fencing are organized at the Pierre Brossolette sports center.

The program

• Friday, May 23: individual event qualifiers
• Saturday, May 24: individual events
• Sunday, May 25: team events