Olympic fencer Lauren Scruggs already made history once in Paris and on Thursday she did it again, scoring the final point to earn Team USA's first gold medal…
There were some tense moments as 21-year-old Scruggs, who is from Queens, took on Italy's Arianna Errigo, who scored several hits before Scruggs was able to score the final point needed to catapult her team to a victory of 45-39There were some tense moments as 21-year-old Scruggs, who is from Queens, took on Italy's Arianna Errigo, who scored several hits before Scruggs was able to score the final point needed to catapult her team to a victory of 45-39.
Scruggs let her emotions out after making the touch, ripping her mask off and grabbing her head before throwing her arms in the air and falling to her knees. Teammates Lee Kiefer, Jacqueline Dubrovich and Maia Weintraub all rushed out to celebrate. Harvard University fencer Lauren Scruggs 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.This is the fourth fencing medal for the U.S. at the Paris Olympics, and the first ever team gold for U.S. fencing.in the Round of 8 during the women's individual foil event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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