Kiefer earns 2nd Olympic gold in women's foil fencing with a victory over American teammate Scruggs

United States' Lee Kiefer, left, competes with Italy's Alice Volpi in the women's individual Foil semifinal match during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France.

United States' Lee Kiefer, left, competes with Italy's Alice Volpi in the women's individual Foil semifinal match during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)


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PARIS — Lee Kiefer has won back-to-back gold medals in foil fencing and her teammate Lauren Scruggs took the silver to make history as the first Black U.S. fencer to win an Olympic medal in an individual women's event. Kiefer won 15-6 in Sunday's final against Scruggs and celebrated by pirouetting down the piste in joy. Kiefer's gold medal is the fifth of all time in an individual event for a U.S. fencer. She follows Mariel Zagunis in 2004 and 2008 as the only American fencers to win gold in the same event twice.

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