Kentucky fencer Lee Kiefer wins second-straight gold medal in historic women's individual foil final
Updated: 9:40 AM EDT Jul 29, 2024
SECOND AGO. THE OLYMPICS KICKING OFF NEXT FRIDAY AND OLYMPIC FENCERS LEE KIEFER AND GEREK MEINHARDT HOPE TO BRING HOME GOLD MEDALS THIS TIME AROUND. YES, 바카라게임 NEWS FIVE ANCHOR STEVEN ALBRITTON SHOWS US THAT THEIR HOME GYM IN LEXINGTON IS WORLD CLASS COACHING AND THE FUTURE OF FENCING. THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE HELPING MOLD INTO CHAMPIONS. THE MARRIED OLYMPIC MEDALISTS OF THE FENCING WORLD ARE FRONT AND CENTER FOR TEAM USA. LEE KIEFER IS HEADED TO HER FOURTH SUMMER GAMES. HER HUSBAND, GARRETT MEINHARDT, FIFTH. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEIR COACH WHO SAYS THEIR HARD WORK IS HAVING A RIPPLE EFFECT. WHERE I AM IN LIFE IS DIFFERENT. A DREAM ACHIEVED. WINNING GOLD IN TOKYO. NOW IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S TIME TO DO IT AGAIN. I HAVE MORE TIME TO TRAIN. I HAVE MORE RESOURCES TO TRAIN. ALL GOOD THINGS. LEE KIEFER AND GEREK MEINHARDT ARE STRIVING TO BE THE BEST BY BEING COACHED BY THE BEST GOOD. I바카라 게임 웹사이트M GOOD. COSBUC FORMER TEAM USA FENCING COACH TAKES PRIDE IN THE GYM HE STARTED IN 2004. OUTSIDE MORE. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S NOT ENOUGH. AND THE TALENT HE NOW COACHES. WE HAVE. UH, MARCELLO HERE IS THE SECOND IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. UH, 17 YEARS AND UNDER WE HAVE, UH, ANDREW. ANDREW CHEN IS HERE, BUT HE IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, HE바카라 게임 웹사이트S, UH, THIRD IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, A WALL OF SUCCESS THAT INCLUDES OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS. AFTER ONE MINUTE WIN, WE GO TO THE MIDDLE. HOW? HOW WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS. HOW WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THE AMERICAN FLAG WITH US IS A GREAT MOMENT. AND THAT SUCCESS IS BREEDING MORE SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE 12 YEAR OLD FLETCHER MAZAHERI, A NATIONAL CHAMPION ALREADY GETTING OLYMPIC MEDAL WORTHY INSTRUCTION. GARRICK HAS TOLD ME WHEN I바카라 게임 웹사이트M LIKE ATTACKING SOMEONE THAT TRIED TO BE LIKE EXPLOSIVE MAKING PARTS OF MINOT바카라 게임 웹사이트S GAME HIS OWN IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE IN HIM THAT YOU TRY TO DO? YES, HE DOES A LOT OF TRICK SHOTS. FLETCHER바카라 게임 웹사이트S MOTHER, CHRISTINA MAZAHERI, SEES FIRSTHAND THE HARD WORK AND THE SUCCESS OF HER SON. THANKS TO THE ELITE FENCING HAPPENING AROUND HIM. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THIS CLUB IS THAT THE OLDER FENCERS ARE SORT OF MENTORS FOR THE THE LITTLEST, SO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO바카라 게임 웹사이트VE STARTED AT, YOU KNOW, AGE SIX THAT WILL BE INVITED BY LEE OR GARRICK TO HIT THE STRIP AND THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트LL TEACH THEM WITH BLUEGRASS FENCING, SUPPORTING THEM. MINOT AND KIEFER ARE READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD AGAIN. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING, AND I THINK SHE SHE PREPARED FOR THIS. SHE PREPARED HERSELF FOR THIS, THIS MOMENT. SHE SHE바카라 게임 웹사이트S READY FOR IT. FENCING GETS STARTED JULY 27TH AT THE GRAND PALAIS, WHERE LEE WILL DEFEND HER GOLD MEDAL IN WOMEN바카라 게임 웹사이트S FOIL. GARRICK HOLDS TWO BRONZE MEDALS IN THE MEN바카라 게임 웹사이트S TEAM FOIL AND WILL LOOK TO GET TH
Kentucky fencer Lee Kiefer wins second-straight gold medal in historic women's individual foil final
Updated: 9:40 AM EDT Jul 29, 2024
For the first time in Olympic history, two American women have medaled in the same games in the women's individual foil.And, for the second time in as many Olympics, it was Lee Kiefer who stood atop the podium, winning the gold medal bout over fellow American Lauren Scruggs, 15-6, Sunday on the fencing ramp.Kiefer ended the match with 40 seconds left in the first of three periods in the gold medal bout. The gold is the third won by the U.S. in the first two days of official competition in Paris.Kiefer, who was born in Ohio and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, made history during the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in individual foil.Scruggs' silver medal marks the first silver by an American woman in the discipline.With her win on Sunday, Kiefer becomes the first back-to-back gold medalist since Italy's Valentina won three-straight in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 games.Kiefer won four NCAA titles in foil fencing and finished the 2022/23 fencing season with a No. 1 world ranking, becoming the first ever American woman to earn the top spot in the world rankings.
PARIS, IDF — For the first time in Olympic history, two American women have medaled in the same games in the women's individual foil.
And, for the second time in as many Olympics, it was Lee Kiefer who stood atop the podium, winning the gold medal bout over fellow American Lauren Scruggs, 15-6, Sunday on the fencing ramp.
Kiefer ended the match with 40 seconds left in the first of three periods in the gold medal bout. The gold is the third won by the U.S. in the first two days of official competition in Paris.
Kiefer, who was born in Ohio and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, made history during the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in individual foil.
Scruggs' silver medal marks the first silver by an American woman in the discipline.
With her win on Sunday, Kiefer becomes the first back-to-back gold medalist since Italy's Valentina won three-straight in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 games.
Kiefer won four NCAA titles in foil fencing and finished the 2022/23 fencing season with a No. 1 world ranking, becoming the first ever American woman to earn the top spot in the world rankings.