Lee Kiefer made history at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Sunday, becoming the first American fencer to ever win Olympic gold in individual foil.
Team USA tweeted the news following Kiefer's landmark victory:
Team USAOne for the history books.<a href="https://twitter.com/leetothekiefer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@leetothekiefer</a> becomes the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold in individual foil. <a href="https://twitter.com/USAFencing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USAFencing</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TokyoOlympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TokyoOlympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/XQIXlKq88F">pic.twitter.com/XQIXlKq88F</a>
Kiefer won a tightly contested battle to take gold, outlasting Inna Deriglazova of the Russian Olympic Committee 15-13 in the gold-medal match.
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