Mariel Zagunis qualifies for fifth Olympic fencing team, first as a mom

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Mariel Zagunis, the most decorated U.S. fencer in history, is going to a fifth Olympics at age 35 — and her first since giving birth to daughter Sunday Noelle in October 2017. Zagunis, who owns four combined individual Olympic and world sabre titles, qualified after a satisfying weekend of competition in Athens, site of her Olympic debut and breakthrough gold medal in 2004. On Saturday, she won a World Cup event for the first time since Jan. 29, 2016 and since becoming a mom.

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