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This week the sport of fencing was left reflecting on the loss of one of its most remarkable characters, Kamara James who passed away aged 29

The president of the US fencing association called "one of the brightest, precocious, self-assured young people he'd met".

Born in Jamaica, at just 19-years-old, James represented Team USA at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens

Caroline Barker has been speaking to her team mate and friend, the 2008 Olympic silver medalist Keeth Smart.

PHOTO: Fencer Kamara James at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. (CREDIT: Ron Antonelli/NY Daily News Archive via Getty) Images)