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 …
This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. On Sunday in Paris, with a flick of the wrist and an exultant scream, a 30-year-old medical student named Lee Kiefer made history when she became the first American fencer to win gold medals in foil fencing at two consecutive Olympic Games. Indeed, with her second-place finish, Scruggs became the only American …
PARIS — Lee Kiefer won back-to-back gold medals in foil fencing and her teammate Lauren Scruggs took the silver Sunday to make history as the first Black fencer to win an Olympic medal in an individual women’s event for the United States. The vocal crowd in the cavernous Grand Palais was a huge contrast to the hushed, empty venue in …
PARIS — One was born into the sport; the other wandered her way into it. One is history, the first American to win Olympic gold in foil, a woman who considers it her job to grow her sport; the other is the future, the NCAA foil champion and the benefactor of the road her opponent has paved. On a glorious …
