The USA girls’s foil group made historical past on the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday by defeating the dominant Italian group to win gold for the very first time.
Italy had gained 4 of the final six gold medals on this group occasion, however when Queens native Lauren Scruggs bought the ultimate contact on Arianna Errigo, she was in complete shock that she and her teammates had simply made historical past.
Scruggs, the silver medalist within the foil particular person last, Lee Kiefer, who defeated her teammate to win particular person gold, Maia Weintraub and Jacqueline Dubrovich have been crying tears of pleasure as they embraced after the 45-39 victory.
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Lauren Scruggs of Group USA competes in opposition to Alice Volpi of Italy within the girls’s group foil gold medal match throughout the Summer time Olympics on the Grand Palais in Paris on Thursday. (Katie Goodale-USA TODAY Sports activities)
The anchor leg of Scruggs and Errigo was an exhilarating end to this implausible gold-medal duel.
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Because of Weintraub constructing a niche in opposition to Francesca Palumbo to make it 35-26, then Kiefer sustaining it after making it 40-32 in opposition to Alice Volpi, Scruggs knew she needed to rating 5 extra touches to win gold.
However the veteran Errigo wouldn’t make it simple on her. Errigo bought the rating again inside three touches as Scruggs continued to speak to herself to learn how to get her foil on the Italian first.
Maia Weintraub of Group USA, proper, competes within the girls’s group foil gold medal match throughout the Summer time Olympics on the Grand Palais in Paris on Thursday. ( Katie Goodale-USA TODAY Sports activities)
A daring transfer got here when Scruggs sprinted at Errigo whereas up 42-39, and her foil touched to lastly get some extent the USA’ means.
Errigo had some touches on Scruggs, however they have been offline and the American took benefit by scoring the ultimate 4 touches to seize gold.
Group USA’s Maia Weintraub, left, high-fives Lauren Scruggs within the girls’s group foil gold medal match throughout the Summer time Olympics on the Grand Palais in Paris on Thursday. (Katie Goodale-USA TODAY Sports activities)
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It was an all-around group effort to get the job carried out in opposition to this Italian group, and their distinctive efforts will go down within the historical past books in Paris.
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