The fencing competition is held on a metal track with a length of 14m, a width of 1.5-2.5m and a height of 10-50cm. The role of the metal track is that athletes intentionally or unintentionally stab in the competition field without signal display.
Fencing clothes are white three-sword sets (coat, trousers, protective vest), made of bulletproof materials to ensure safety; Fencing socks are white stockings; Shoes are special fencing shoes; Gloves are white sheepskin products; In foil and sabre competitions, athletes wear conductive metal clothes outside their clothes; The mask covers all the fragile parts of the head.
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Fencing competitions are divided into individual competitions and team competitions. Individual competition adopts group round robin system and direct elimination system, and team competition directly adopts single defeat elimination system. The method of direct elimination of each game is to play 15 swords in each set for 9 minutes.
Each set is divided into 3 sets, each set is 3 minutes, and the interval is 1 minute. An athlete plays 15 sword or all the prescribed 9 minutes are used up. The player who hits more swords wins. If there is a draw at the end of the specified time, an extra match of 1 minute is required.
In overtime, the player who hits the first sword wins. Before overtime, athletes must draw lots. If the sharing lasts until the end of overtime, the player who wins the right wins.