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Maplewood's Ibtihaj Muhammad at far left |
USA Fencing: Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 24, 2014) –
Four of Team USA’s eight fencers each placed in the top eight at the
Moscow Grand Prix on Saturday with Ibtihaj Muhammad (Maplewood, N.J.)
and Eliza Stone (Chicago, Ill.) winning bronze. Mariel Zagunis
(Beaverton, Ore.) and Dagmara Wozniak (Avenel, N.J.) finished fifth and
eighth, respectively.
Muhammad won all of her pool bouts on Friday and entered the table of 64 on Saturday as the 17th seed.
After
an opening win against Marta Baeza Centurion (BRA), 15-5, Muhammad
defeated 2013 Senior World Team silver medalist Yana Egorian (RUS),
15-14.
In
the table of 16, Muhammad fenced Jiyeon Kim for the first time since
the Korean won gold at the 2012 Olympic Games. Muhammad came away with
another 15-14 victory to advance to the quarter-finals where she
outscored Wozniak, 15-11.
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