Team USA just earned another gold and silver — and made Scruggs the first American Black woman to win a medal for fencing Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at PEOPLE. She have been working ...

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Read more here. On Sunday in Paris, with a flick of the wrist and an exultant scream, a 30-year-old medical student named Lee Kiefer made history when ...

Lee Kiefer is now the most decorated U.S. foil fencer with three gold medals thanks to the win Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at PEOPLE. She have been working at PEOPLE for nine years.

After opening its weekend tournament with a series of losses, the Tufts saber squad redeemed itself, recording a close victory over defending club fencing champion UMass. Led by sophomore saber ...

A standout performance from junior Sophia Shen in her opening match against the Tar Heels’ Lauren Yu powered the Blue Devils’ ...

Lee Kiefer won a second Olympic gold medal in foil fencing, defeating 21-year-old Harvard student and U.S. teammate Lauren Scruggs 15-6 in the final match at the 2024 Paris Games. Kiefer, a ...

Lauren Scruggs already had a silver medal. Now she's got Paris Olympics gold. It's the first gold medal for the U.S. in Olympic team fencing events in history. Team USA earned silver once, in 2008.

Scenes from a Nassau girls fencing match between Oyster Bay and host Great Neck North on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Credit: Peter Frutkoff Mia He of Great Neck North celebrates a point during her saber ...

Which fencing foil is best? Originally practiced as a form of dueling, fencing has been around for hundreds of years. There are three main weapons used in the sport, each with its own rules and style: ...

On Sunday in Paris, with a flick of the wrist and an exultant scream, a 30-year-old medical student named Lee Kiefer made history when she became the first American fencer to win gold medals in foil ...