Team USA finished 1-2 in foil fencing as Lee Kiefer grabbed gold and Lauren Scruggs earned a silver medal.
had an incredible Olympic debut in Paris, taking the silver medal in the women's foil to make history as the first Black fencer to win an Olympic medal in an individual women's event for the United States.
"Just ecstatic. I thought I was gonna lose my first bout so to get all the way to the finals is just insane. I keep thinking it's like a dream, when I was getting ready, I was like this is unreal, I can't believe it's happening right now," Scruggs said.
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