Keifer, a medical student at the University of Kentucky, put her studies on hold to compete in Paris. Now she is a back to back Olympic champion
If it was the last time Lee Kiefer took the competitive piste, it’s hard to imagine a better way to go out. The 30-year-old medical student from Lexington, Kentucky, wrote herself into fencing history on Sunday night, winning a second straight Olympic gold medal in the women’s individual foil with a dazzling 15-6 win over younger teammate Lauren Scruggs in a rare all-American final.
Scruggs, the 21-year-old Queens native and rising Harvard senior, made history of her own in defeat, becoming the first Black American fencer to win an individual medal in a women’s event.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/lee-kiefer-writes-herself-into-fencing-history-with-masterclass-in-historic-all-american-final
Author : Bryan Armen Graham in Paris
Publish date : 2024-07-28 22:52:29
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