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American Lee Kiefer gained her second straight gold medal on Sunday with a 15-6 victory over Lauren Scruggs within the particular person foil fencing occasion on the Paris Olympics.
Kiefer had overwhelmed Canada’s Eleanor Harvey to succeed in the ultimate and now has two gold medals to point out for it. She is the primary American girl to win back-to-back gold within the particular person foil occasion
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Lee Kiefer celebrates the ladies’s particular person foil semi-final towards Alice Volpi in the course of the Olympic Video games on the Grand Palais on July 28, 2024 in Paris. (Patrick Smith/Getty Photos)
Scruggs had defeated Italy’s Alice Volpi in her semifinal and hoped to beat Kiefer within the remaining for her first gold, however she must accept a silver medal.
Two extra medals for the USA introduced the full variety of Individuals in Paris to 12.
It’s the third gold medal for the staff, becoming a member of Kiefer within the males’s 4×100-meter freestyle staff and swimmer Torri Huske in taking high prizes in France.
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Lauren Scruggs reacts as she competes towards Arianna Errigo within the quarterfinals of the ladies’s particular person foil in the course of the Paris Olympic Video games on July 28, 2024. (Franck Fife/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
Harvey gained the bronze medal towards Volpi (15-12).
It was Harvey’s first medal in her fencing profession. She had gained gold within the particular person foil competitors on the 2022 Pan American Fencing Competitors and silver in 2024.
Eleanor Harvey after her victory over Alice Volpi within the girls’s particular person bronze medal match within the foil occasion on the Paris Olympics on July 28, 2024. (Franck Fife/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
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She misplaced to Kiefer within the spherical of 16 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and misplaced to Kiefer within the semifinals of this yr’s occasion, however in the end reached the rostrum.
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American Lee Kiefer beats teammate Lauren Scruggs for gold in particular person foil
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