Zagunis wins gold, Jacobson bronze

[Dirk Goldgar]

The US Fencing Association congratulates its first Olympic Medalists
since 1984, the first Gold Medal since 1904, and the first American
women to ever win Olympic fencing medals!

Mariel Zagunis
2004 Olympic Gold Medal
Women's Sabre

Sada Jacobson
2004 Olympic Bronze Medal
Women's Sabre

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Dirk Goldgar

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[Amy & Joseph Kormann]

Dirk Goldgar wrote:

>The US Fencing Association congratulates its first Olympic Medalists
>since 1984, the first Gold Medal since 1904, and the first American
>women to ever win Olympic fencing medals!
>
>Mariel Zagunis
>2004 Olympic Gold Medal
>Women's Sabre
>
>Sada Jacobson
>2004 Olympic Bronze Medal
>Women's Sabre
>
>

And here's to hoping it doesn't take another 100 years..

Amy and Joseph Kormann

[Colin Walls]

Dirk Goldgar wrote:

> The US Fencing Association congratulates its first Olympic Medalists
> since 1984, the first Gold Medal since 1904, and the first American
> women to ever win Olympic fencing medals!
>
> Mariel Zagunis
> 2004 Olympic Gold Medal
> Women's Sabre
>
> Sada Jacobson
> 2004 Olympic Bronze Medal
> Women's Sabre
>

Many congratulations to this pair. Besides winning medals they have scored
in another way. When was the last time that fencing made the front page of
the Washington Post and New York Times? I hope this new visibility extends
fencing in the US.

One was hoping Louise Bond-Williams would have done better, with much the
same idea in mind, but it wasn't to be. However, she and Richard Kruse are
only in their very early 20's so there is time yet.

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Colin Walls
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