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Weintraub Wins Gold at Hong Kong World Cup
May 16, 2024 | Women's Fencing
Headed for the Paris Olympics this summer, Maia Weintraub won senior women's foil gold at the Hong Kong World Cup event that wrapped on May 3.
Weintraub, a sophomore in 2022-23 and taking the year off from Princeton as she pursued her Olympic bid, finished atop 163 fencers at the event, defeating South Korea's Nayoon Kim 15-5 in the round of 65, Singapore's Amita Berthier 15-14 in the round of 32, fellow American and reigning Olympic gold medalist Lee Kiefer 15-14 in the round of 16, Canadian Jessica Zi Jia Guo 15-8 in the quarters, Italian Arianna Errigo 15-13 in the semis, and Italian Elena Tangherlini 15-11 in the final.
Full results are available here.
Weintraub will be a part of the U.S. women's foil team when that weapon's team competition is held on Aug. 1.
Weintraub, a sophomore in 2022-23 and taking the year off from Princeton as she pursued her Olympic bid, finished atop 163 fencers at the event, defeating South Korea's Nayoon Kim 15-5 in the round of 65, Singapore's Amita Berthier 15-14 in the round of 32, fellow American and reigning Olympic gold medalist Lee Kiefer 15-14 in the round of 16, Canadian Jessica Zi Jia Guo 15-8 in the quarters, Italian Arianna Errigo 15-13 in the semis, and Italian Elena Tangherlini 15-11 in the final.
Full results are available here.
Weintraub will be a part of the U.S. women's foil team when that weapon's team competition is held on Aug. 1.
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