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One of the best known shows Moffitt wearing a stretch knit swimsuit with fencer’s visor and tall boots.

Not only did she secure the title in women’s team foil, she also helped teammate Lee Kiefer earn a record third career gold, most ever for an American fencer.

Every four years the world pauses for two weeks to cheer on rowers, fencers, archers and weightlifters, who win and lose in anonymity for most of their careers.

“Nothing compares to this, no, absolutely not,” American fencer Lee Kiefer said after winning gold in the women’s foil.

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed she competed at the Paris Olympics on Monday while seven months pregnant.