FENCING

Amita Berthier in action against Huo Xingxin of China in the Asian Games last August. Her latest feat in Italy comes after winning gold in Guatemala in November and a silver in Cuba last month.

Amita cheered by her consistency

Jan 7, 2019, 5:00 am

Fencing: Amita Berthier buoyed by her consistency in winning bronze in Italy leg of Junior World Cup

Jan 6, 2019, 10:03 pm
Amita Berthier had to fight with a borrowed weapon and chest guard and still made the women's final

Singapore fencer not foiled by missing equipment

Dec 17, 2018, 5:00 am

Fencing: Amita Berthier finishes second in Havana leg of Junior World Cup with borrowed equipment

Dec 16, 2018, 7:36 pm
From left: Hong Kong's Daphne Chan, Singapore's Denyse Chan, Janelle Leung of Hong Kong and Singapore's Rachel Lim on the podium for the Under-17 women's foil competition at the Hong Kong Asian Cadet Circuit meet on Monday. Denyse won the title.

Fencing: Food to the fore for fencer

Dec 6, 2018, 5:00 am
Left: Amita Berthier, wearing her 2017 SEA Games tracksuit, with her gold from the Junior World Cup leg in Guatemala. Below: Amita in her 15-8 loss to China's Huo Xingxin in the individual foil round of 16 at the Asian Games in August. She was in the

It's all in the mind: Teen fencer Amita Berthier

Nov 20, 2018, 5:00 am

Fencing: It's all in the mind, says teenage fencer Amita Berthier as she wins second Junior World Cup title

Nov 19, 2018, 9:59 pm
Fencer Maxine Wong's father, Philip (front) and mother Chan Bee Bee (rear, with glasses and clapping), and fencer Amita Berthier's mother Uma (behind Philip) watching them during the Singapore women's foil team's 45-14 semi-final loss to China in Jak

Toughest job at the Asian Games: Being a sporting parent

Aug 24, 2018, 5:00 am
Singapore's Amita Berthier goes on the offensive against Chinese Taipei's Yang Chin-man during their bout in their women's foil team quarter-final at the Jakarta Convention Centre yesterday.

Fencers make breakthrough

Aug 24, 2018, 5:00 am

Asian Games: Women's foil fencers lose 14-45 to China in semis, but clinch first-ever team medal

Aug 23, 2018, 12:49 pm