The Olympic fencer helped the U.S. women’s fencing team capture a gold medal, marking the first time an American team — men or women — has done so in the sport.
"All this controversy makes me sad," Carini told Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport. "I'm sorry for my opponent, too. If the IOC said she can fight, I respect that decision."
The USMNT fell short again and their Olympics are over. The American squad was destroyed 4-0 by Morocco on Friday in a one-sided affair after reaching the knockout stage of the Olympics for the second time in history. “To go down in the nature that...
Forty-six seconds was all it took for Angela Carini to throw in the towel -- and those 46 seconds have thrown gasoline on the firestorm over gender and fairness in women's athletics.