{"id":49251,"date":"2026-02-21T14:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/?p=49251"},"modified":"2026-02-21T16:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:21:25","slug":"bringing-fencing-to-senegals-youth-february-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/?p=49251","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Fencing to Senegal&#8217;s Youth &#8211; February 13, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"49253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.jpeg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"49255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"49252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.jpeg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathan recently competed at the Junior World Cup in Senegal, where he earned an impressive silver medal and proudly represented both his training and his values as an athlete. Beyond the competition, he had the meaningful opportunity to speak with the leader of the Senegal Fencing Federation about the future of the sport in the region. Through our organization, we are passionate about expanding access to fencing, especially in developing countries where many children lack the opportunity to participate due to the high cost of equipment and the financial burden of traveling for competitions. Nathan discussed potential ways we can collaborate to introduce fencing to more youth in Senegal, creating pathways for access, mentorship, and support. By working together, we hope to help break financial barriers and spread the sport of fencing to communities that deserve the same opportunities to grow, compete, and thrive.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan recently competed at the Junior World Cup in Senegal, where he earned an impressive silver medal and proudly represented both his training and his values as an athlete. Beyond the competition, he had the meaningful opportunity to speak with the leader of the Senegal Fencing Federation about the future of the sport in the &#8230; <a title=\"Bringing Fencing to Senegal&#8217;s Youth &#8211; February 13, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/?p=49251\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bringing Fencing to Senegal&#8217;s Youth &#8211; February 13, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49285,"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49251\/revisions\/49285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asorfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}