It was Lauren Scruggs’ job to anchor the U.S. team, to score a few more points, but she was struggling. Not only did she secure the title in women’s team foil, she also helped teammate Lee Kiefer earn a record third career gold, most ever for an American fencer. “We were a lot more calm.” American Lee Kiefer, right, lunges …
Lee Kiefer celebrates after winning gold in an all-American women’s foil final at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. But on Sunday evening at the 2024 Paris Olympics, it was two Americans who claimed possession of the sport, charging into the finals of the women’s foil competition at the storied Grand Palais. Three years after her unexpected gold at the Tokyo …
Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky and LeBron James are among the athletes bound to draw significant attention during the Paris Olympics, but the 2024 Games will feature plenty of compelling storylines and medal contenders beyond the biggest stars. Field hockey — Amanda Golini and Ashley Hoffman After failing to qualify for the last Olympics in Tokyo, the U.S. women’s field hockey …
All his life, the churn of history has spoken to 78-year-old Anselm Kiefer, who has responded with imposingly environmental, mythic and beautiful paintings and sculptures that get at something intrinsic about postwar Germany’s hard relationship with its past. He opens with a hushed sunrise wander among striking bridal-gowned figures with symbols for heads that represent a hidden history of women’s …
