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Fencing blades are all under a metre

The epee is the longest at 90 centimetres, foil 90 and sabre 88 The foil and epee blades are the same length but differ in weight and in the shape of the guard. The sabre has a curved guard that protects the hand. All three must flex under pressure and are tested for flexibility before a competition. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Fédération Internationale d'Escrime

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The epee is the longest at 90 centimetres, foil 90 and sabre 88. The figure is taken from Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.