Fencing makes strides despite financial constraints

Speaking to Mmegi Sport in the wake of a successful trip to South Africa, Modongo said the fencers currently do not afford internationally required fencing equipment hence they resorted to using training suits.

 “Our problem is that we do not have approved (fencing) suits. We use the ones that were donated by the Olympics committee and those are for training. For competitions you need a suit and equipment that record scores electronically. We currently do not have those, as they are expensive. We do not qualify to play because of the equipment,” he said.