The third of the fencing weapons, the saber, wasintroduced into Europe in the late 18th century as an ad-aptation of the Turkish scimitar, used by the Hungariancavalry.
Matteo Tagliariol of Italy celebrates his victory against Fabrice Jeannet of France after their men's individual epee fencing final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 10, 2008.