who became the first Black American woman to win an individual medal in fencing in 2024 — exactly 40 years after Westbrook broke the color barrier in the Olympic sport. “I just thought African ...

Scruggs hopes her achievements can help spotlight Black participation in the sport. "I think my success in fencing has helped break stereotypes about what Black people can do and who can be a fencer." ...

After all, as she told NCAA.com, fencing has “largely, historically, been a non-Black sport.” “So I hope to inspire young Black girls to get into fencing and to think that they can have a ...

It drew widespread attention after being posted by the Independent Council on Women’s Sports ... so I am allowed to fence, and you will get black-carded,” Turner recalls her opponent said.

USA Fencing enacted its current transgender and non-binary athlete policy in 2023, which it said is based on the principle that everyone should have the ability to participate in sports and was ...