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How Much Better Can Lee Kiefer Get At Fencing? That Question Is What’s Driving Her Ahead Of Paris
The 29-year-old is on a leave of absence from medical school to fully focus on defending her Olympic gold medal.
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The 29-year-old is on a leave of absence from medical school to fully focus on defending her Olympic gold medal.
When he was growing up in Los Angeles, Nick Itkin had a predictable daily routine. After school, he would go to his father’s gym, where he’d watch fencers parry while doing his homework.“Our family spent all our days in that gym,” Itkin recalled. “We’r...
SANTIAGO, Chile — It didn’t take long for Lee Kiefer, the reigning Olympic champion in women’s individual foil fencing, to make a statement in Santiago. Carrying a streak of three straight Pan American Games gold medals into the Pan American Games Sant...
Lee Kiefer is the defending Olympic women’s foil champion, while Gerek Meinhardt is No. 2 in the world in men’s foil.