Zagunis leads US sweep in fencing event (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

Mariel Zagunis won the first U.S. gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, leading an American sweep Saturday in women's saber fencing. Zagunis, the 2004 saber champion, took the gold with a 15-8 victory over Sada Jacobson, who took the silver. Becca Ward took the bronze. When Zagunis won four years ago, she was the first American in a century to win a fencing gold.

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