VIDEO INTERVIEW: IBTIHAJ MUHAMMAD

Before she was honored on Saturday with a great celebration and parade through Maplewood, Olympic fencer and CHS graduate Ibtihaj Muhammad spoke to Maplewoodian.com outside of the New Jersey Fencing Alliance on Boyden Avenue.

She discussed what it was like to be in Rio and win a bronze medal, how the support of Maplewood was important, her biggest surprises and challenges, and what the future may bring.

Watch below: