2013 Photo Contest, Sports, 2nd prize

The Golden Touch

Photographer

Sergei Ilnitsky

European Pressphoto Agency

03 August, 2012

Years of training, thousands of battles, and hundreds of victories prepared fencing competitors for the opportunity to stand on the piste at the 2012 London Olympic Games to fight for gold.

About the photographer

Sergei Ilnitsky

Sergei Ilnitsky is a staff photographer for European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) in Moscow since 2003. He was born in 1974 in the small town of Mariupol, Ukraine. His passion for ph...

Background story

London, UK

Fencing at the London 2012 Olympics.

Nicolas Limbach of Germany (left) in action against Jingzhi Wang of China during their men’s team sabre placement 5-6 match.

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/640 sec
Focal length
27 mm
F-Stop
4
ISO
3200
Camera
Canon EOS-1DX

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