Richard Kruse On Fire. Picture from 2010 Z1 Pro Fencing "Duel at the Marina" Singapore. When I heard Olympic Fencer Richard Kruse had won gold at the recent Tokyo World Cup 2019, becoming Britain's first-ever world number one ranked foilist, l was delighted not only for him, but for the entire British Fencing and his team mates. It's darkest days seemed to be coming to an end. It had been quite a journey for all of great Britain's fencing community, when after not medalling