Zagunis defends her Olympic gold medal
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
The US fencing team dominated this year’s Olympics by winning gold, silver and bronze at the Women’s Individual Sabre competition.
Mariel Zagunis managed to retain her Athens 2004 Olympic title after defeating countrymen Sada Jacobson in the gold medal bout 15-8, and 2006 world champion Becca Ward who narrowly beat her Russian rival Sofiya Velikaya 15-14 for the Bronze. The gold medal bout saw Zagunis take on teammate Jacobson to take gold.
“I’m delighted that we did so well. There have been a lot of upsets in this tournament as Sada [Jacobson] said, who’s fencing better when everyone’s fencing badly, and I couldn’t forget who I was fencing for. I’m honored to be here and be part of the sweep,” Ward said following the event.
“I just tried to treat it like any other competition. It really is a dream come true, but I’m glad it’s over. I did what I came here to do,” declared Zagunis.
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Tags: Becca Ward, China, Fencing, Mariel Zagunis, Olympics, Sada Jacobson, SofiyaVelikaya
