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Team USA fencers Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs win gold, silver medals

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Team USA fencers Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs win gold, silver medals

PARIS − A pair of American ladies fencers on Sunday evening gained a pair of coveted Olympic medals – one gold and one silver.

Lee Kiefer beat teammate Lauren Scruggs on the Paris Video games within the ultimate bout of the ladies’s particular person foil competitors that showcased U.S. expertise.

Arguably, among the greatest fencing expertise the US has ever produced.

It was on show not solely within the golden medal bout – which Kiefer gained 15-6 – however in the course of the daylong competitors that ended with an All-American ultimate.

Kiefer stands solely 5-4 and 110 kilos. However she is a powerhouse.

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Lee Kiefer celebrates defeating Martyna Jelinska (POL) in a women's foil individual table of 32 match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Grand Palais.

She gained gold within the foil on the Tokyo Video games in 2021, and right here she defended that Olympic title whereas turning into solely the second U.S. fencer to win two Olympic gold medals in particular person competitors. She is married to Gerek Meinhardt, a five-time U.S. Olympic fencer who’s competing right here and was available to rejoice. 

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