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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 …

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American Lee Kiefer clinches her second consecutive women’s foil gold medal

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 …

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Young couples go through stretches like this. “I don’t know how persons who are not married solve this problem.” Lee Kiefer celebrates after winning gold in women’s individual foil at the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021. Kiefer expresses a similar sentiment when she calls her husband “my secret weapon.” Paris is their fourth Games together — he competed in one …