#mariel Zagunis

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i think i forgot how happy women's sports makes me!!!

idk i feel like for the last couple of years the only time you hear people talk about women's sports its just as a set up to say something transphobic but idk. all this pwhl and women's basketball stuff has really got me pumped up. i was watching my millionth video of angel reese when i suddenly remembered that i used to put pictures of (the rewards of being loved the agony of being known as a fencing enjoyer) dagmara wozinak and mariel zagunis (especially her!!!) on my walls and thought they were so inspiring. idk. it's cool this is a cool moment

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ok from left to right i'm pretty sure that's. mariel zagunis, daryl homer, ibtihaj muhammad, and i think alexander massialas? very ambiguous face right there

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If you get this, answer w three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs! Anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog :)

Nine and a half years ago, I had a stroke. It wasn't a mini-stroke or a TIA or anything. I very nearly died, had a thrombectomy to remove the clot, spent a week in the ICU, spent 2 months at in-patient therapy then another 2 in out-patient therapy, had to learn to walk again, and ran a half-marathon 17 months and 1 day after the stroke.

I fenced sabre in college. It wasn't a varsity sport at Purdue, just a club sport (and there's a line in West Wing that references that), so a lot of people on the team were learning. It was a great time to take up fencing as a woman sabreist, Mariel Zagunis won gold medal in women's individual sabre at the Olympics in 2004, the first American ever to win an Olympic fencing medal.

Baseball is the only mainstream sport I really like. My other favorites are pretty niche, unless a major event comes around: Track & field/road racing (Olympics) and Thoroughbred racing (Kentucky Derby) (I technically like football in the sense that I'll root for my home team but also I can't watch them take a hit without thinking of CTE.)

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Allyson Felix, one of the most decorated athletes in women’s track and field, has announced plans to pay it forward with a new partnership that will cover childcare costs for mothers participating in the Summer Games.

The mother has teamed with her primary sponsor, Athleta, and the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) to launch The Power of She Fund: Child Care Grants. The program will commit $200,000 to childcare costs for nine mom-athletes competing and participating in the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, as reported by Fast Company.

According to reports, initial recipients are Olympic hammer thrower Gwendolyn Berry and Olympic saber fencer Mariel Zagunis, who will each receive $10K. The group also includes Natasha Hastings, Aliphine Tuliamuk (track and field athletes), Kaleo Kanahele Maclay (sitting volleyball), Natalie Schneider (wheelchair basketball), Elana Meyers Taylor (bobsled), Lora Webster (sitting volleyball), and Jamie Whitmore (para-cycling), per CBS 17.

“As a mom and an athlete, I know first-hand the obstacles women face in sports,” said Felix, six-time Olympic gold medalist, and three-time world champion.

Allyson Felix celebrates with her daughter Camryn after finishing second in the Women’s 400 Meters Final on day three of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track (Credit: Getty Images)

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Exactly, public schools don’t offer fencing, which is why I never even knew it was an option, like it was a complete mystery to me when Mariel Zagunis won Olympic gold in 2004 even though I know I was excited.

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soccer olympic games tokyo 2021

Men's and women's soccer is underway at the Tokyo Olympics Games Getty Images Soccer has begun at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic games. Both the men's and women's competition consist of a group stage which comprises groups of four teams which will play a round robin style opening stage. The men's competition has four groups while the women's side has three, but for both competitions the group stage will end with eight teams advancing into the quarterfinals, with the chase for gold becoming a single elimination tournament from that point on.

Both tournaments promise to be exciting competitions full of unlikely upsets, dramatic moments with plenty of surprises along the way. Check out the standings below, and be sure to keep up with who is on track to advance, as well as complete schedule and results until a winner is crowned.

With three fencers ranked in the world’s top 10, the U.S. men figured to have someone reach the podium in Monday’s foil competition at Makuhari Messe Hall B. But their day ended quickly.

Second-ranked Gerek Meinhardt, who watched his wife, Lee Kiefer, win gold in women’s foil the night before, had trouble putting his point on target while falling in the round of 32. Fifth-ranked Alexander Massialas lost in the same round, making too many errors in his bout.

The youngest member of the team, 21-year-old Nick Itkin of Los Angeles, defeated Anton Borodachev of the Russian Olympic Committee team, but ran into trouble with Borodachev’s brother, Kirill, in the round of 16. Trailing 14-13, he gambled with a fleche maneuver, throwing himself at his opponent, but started a little too far away, leaving Borodachev room to make a defensive parry and score the winning touch.

“I feel like I didn’t show all my best fencing, but it’s definitely an exciting, good experience for my first time,” Itkin said of his Olympic debut.

Also on Tuesday, veteran Mariel Zagunis reached the quarterfinals of the women’s sabre, losing to Sofia Velikaya of the ROC team.

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Notre Dame's Lee Kiefer credits her family for winning fencing gold medal Tokyo Olympics

Notre Dame has seven Heisman Trophy winners. It won’t be long until it has that many fencing gold medals.The third came Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics, where Lee Kiefer beat defending champion Inna Deriglazova of Russia 15-13 in the women’s foil final.Kiefer ripped off her mask after the final point and shouted, “Oh my God!” Mariel Zagunis, also a Notre Dame graduate, is the only other American fencer to earn gold, winning women’s saber events at Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. สล็อตออนไลน์

[modernfencing]

[ID: a fencer balancing her sabre vertically in her hand.]

A fencer at the Mariel Zagunis Summer Nationals camp! Photo by Serge Timacheff.

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Inspirada por la película infantil de Disney “Juego de Gemelas”, Paola Pliego comenzó a practicar esgrima a muy temprana edad. Con mucho esfuerzo y disciplina logró ganarse un merecido pasaje hacia las Olimpiadas de Río De Janeiro en el 2016, pero se llevó una amarga sorpresa cuando le arrebataron su oportunidad de competir debido a la negligencia de la Conade (Comisión Nacional De Cultura Física y Deporte) y la de diversos funcionarios deportivos que no hicieron nada por defender su caso. 

¿Qué fue lo que sucedió? Continúa leyendo y descubre más sobre su historia.

​Sus inicios en la esgrima

María Paola Pliego Lara nació el 27 de septiembre de 1994 en la ciudad de México, su interés por la esgrima nació a la corta edad de 4 años, luego de ver una escena de la famosa película Juego de Gemelas, en la que Annie y Hallie se enfrentan en un encuentro de esgrima. Sin embargo, en aquel entonces estaba muy pequeña, por lo que tuvo que esperar unos años más para poder tomar clases con su hermana.

Cuando Paola alcanzó la adolescencia, a sus 12 años de edad, logró formalizar su participación en competencias y luego de ganarse sus primeras medallas en campeonatos nacionales de México, se entrenó en la Oregon Fencing Alliance, junto Mariel Zagunis, norteamericana que había sido campeona olímpica en dos oportunidades.

Los siguientes años fueron de trabajo duro, pero también de recompensas, en la temporada del 2013-2014, Paola logró escalar a la cabeza de serie número 1 del ranking de sable femenino junior de la FIE, lo que la llevó a convertirse en la ganadora de la Copa del Mundo de Esgrima 2013-14 en la categoría juvenil. Para la temporada 2014-2015 quedó en segundo lugar en el torneo Satélite de Cancún. Y en los Campeonatos Panamericanos de 2015 en Santiago, ganó la medalla de bronce. Y justo cuando estaba lista para irse a las Olimpiadas en Río de Janeiro, sucedió algo que cambió por completo su vida.

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Olimpiadas de Río de Janeiro 2016

Con una carrera en ascenso en el mundo de la esgrima, Paola estaba lista para ir a representar a su país en las Olimpiadas de Río de Janeiro de 2016, pero para su sorpresa, le informaron que su prueba antidopaje había dado positivo, habían encontrado 540 nanogramos de modafinil, una droga neuroestimulante que se utiliza para combatir la somnolencia excesiva, lo que quiere decir que, es un medicamento que ayuda a mantenerse despierto.

Destrozada y con los ánimos por el piso, Paola no se dio por vencida y tomó la decisión de enviar los análisis al laboratorio de Colonia Alemania, donde se pudo determinar que hubo un falso doping y que la atleta estaba libre de toda culpa. No fue hasta un mes más tarde, que la Conade informó que todo había sido un error por parte del Laboratorio Nacional de Control, operado por la misma institución y acreditado por la Agencia Mundial Antidopaje (WADA).

A pesar de todos sus esfuerzos, la ahora influencer del mundo del deporte, perdió toda oportunidad de participar en las olimpiadas, por lo que decidió demandar a la Conade por daños y perjuicios, pelea que luego de más de un año, logró ganar en los juzgados en enero del año 2020, por lo cual la institución deberá pagarle la cantidad de 15 millones de pesos mexicanos. Situación que su abogado Ricardo de Buen explicó, que es la primera vez que una autoridad gubernamental de México es condenada.

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Los sueños no tienen precio

Si bien la talentosa atleta logró ganar la demanda, aseguró que no es un final para ella y que desde el momento en que realizó la denuncia, no estaba pensando en el dinero.

“Lo más importante de esta demanda más que nada era buscar justicia. Para mí nunca se trató de lo económico, porque los sueños, el trabajo que ponemos día a día por alcanzar nuestras metas, los sacrificios y el sentir que estás haciendo algo especial con tu vida, no tienen precio. (Pliego, 2020)”

Luego de vencer un sinfín de obstáculos, Paola Pliego siguió practicando el deporte del cual se había enamorado desde que era apenas una niña y en el 2017 ganó la medalla de oro en el Campeonato Panamericano Individual. Más tarde, en el 2019, cansada de que las instituciones y funcionarios deportivos mexicanos le cerraran las puertas, anunció que tomaría la dura decisión de competir para representar a Uzbekistán en la Copa del Mundo de Esgrima 2019, un país que le abrió las puertas para desarrollarse a plenitud como atleta de la esgrima.

Actualmente la campeona panamericana, es una deportista muy sociable, que disfruta compartiendo sus experiencias a través de sus redes sociales, en Instagram por ejemplo ya tiene más de 45.000 seguidores, que la apoyan y siguen de cerca sus aventuras deportivas y turísticas. No se puede negar, que Pao es un ejemplo de constancia y determinación y le ha demostrado al mundo entero que siempre vale la pena luchar por nuestros sueños.

via La Neta – La comunidad más grande de influencers emergentes y creadores en español

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Mariel Zagunis is taking her talents to Tokyo after qualifying for fifth Olympic Games

#OlympicGames [NBC Sports]She’s a two-time gold medalist, four-time Olympian, the most decorated U.S. fencer in history, mom to daughter Sunday Noelle, and now, Mariel Zagunis is headed to her fifth Olympic Games. Yes, Zagunis ...

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Mariel Zagunis' Round Cut Diamond Ring https://cstu.io/ece143 #Luriya

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translation: pt -> eng

Porta-bandeira: uma função que também é uma honra! Carregar a bandeira de seu país em uma Olimpíada é um marco na vida de um atleta.  É o responsável por conduzir a delegação na abertura e no encerramento dos Jogos Olímpicos. Essa tradição começou em 1908, em Londres, junto com o desfile das delegações. A escolha é feita a partir de uma votação entre os capitães de suas equipes.  O  primeiro a carregar a bandeira dos Estados foi  Ralph Rose, que teve um desempenho brilhante nas pistas durante os três jogos Olímpicos que participou, conquistando três medalhas de ouro, duas de prata e uma de bronze. Na equipe olímpica americana, a  honra de ser porta-bandeira nas Olímpiadas não é apenas para os americanos nascidos no país. Também vale para os naturalizados. Pessoas que, com sua dedicação e desempenho, também contribuíram para o esporte nos Estados Unidos. Até hoje,  cinco atletas nascidos em diferentes países carregaram a bandeira americana nos jogos de verão. Nascido na Irlanda, a estrela do atletismo Pat MacDonald carregou a  bandeira duas vezes: nas Olimpíadas de Estocolmo, na Suécia, em 1912 e em 1920 nos jogos de Antuérpia, na Bélgica.   Por sua contribuiçao ao esporte, seu nome está no Hall of Fame desde 2012. Nas Olimpíadas de 2012, em Londres,  a esgrimista Mariel americana Mariel Zagunis(foto), de Oregon, foi a  responsável por levar a bandeira americana na abertura do evento.

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Flag bearing: an honor! To carry their country’s flag in the Olympics is a milestone in an athlete’s life. It’s responsible for leading the delegation in the opening and closing of the Olympic Games. This tradition began in the 1908 London games, along with the delegation parade. The choice is made from a vote among the team captains. The first to carry the #USA flag was Ralph Rose, who had brilliant track and field performances during the three Olympic games that he took part in, winning six medals: three gold, two silver and one bronze. In the American Olympic team, the honor of being a flag bearer in the Olympics is not just for native born Americans. They also apply to naturalized citizens. People who, with their dedication and performance also contributed to sports in the United States. To date, five athletes born in different countries carried the American flag in the summer games. Born in Ireland, athletics star Pat MacDonald carried the flag twice: in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden and the 1920 games in Antwerp, Belgium. For his contribution to sports, his name has been in the Hall of Fame since 2012. In the 2012 Olympics in London, the American fencer Mariel Zagunis (photo) of Oregon, was responsible for carrying the American flag at the opening ceremony.

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Now would you look at that! original tweet: https://twitter.com/beepadilla/status/1020979547368435713

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Mariel Zagunis- Team USA Flag Bearer

[modernfencing]

[ID: two sabre fencers talking on strip.]

Ibtihaj Muhammad (left) and Mariel Zagunis!

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Back To Beijing, Day 1: Women's Saber Fencers Achieved Historic Olympic Sweep 10 Years Ago

#OlympicGames #Beijing2008 [TeamUSA](L-R) Sada Jacobson, Mariel Zagunis and Becca Ward pose with their women's saber fencing medals from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 at the "TODAY" studio on Aug. 10, 2008 in Beijing. From the thrillin...