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Zagunis clinches World Cup title
// usolympicteam.com // July 21, 2006
2004 Olympic gold medalist Mariel Zagunis can’t complain about her summer vacation. After winning the Las Vegas Grand Prix on June 16, the 21-year old fencer has clinched the title of overall FIE 2006 World Cup Champion.
Zagunis (Beaverton, Ore.) finished the season with one gold, two silver, two bronze, and three top-ten finishes on the World Cup circuit.
She is only the second U.S. fencer to hold a World Cup title. Sada Jacobson (23, Dunwoody, Ga.), 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, earned the cup three years in a row, from 2003-2005.
Three other U.S. athletes finished in the top ten of the World Cup standings. Jacobson finished the season ranked 7th. Zagunis's Oregon Fencing Alliance club mate Rebecca Ward (16, Portland, Ore.), 2006 Junior and Cadet World Champion, finished 8th.
Between Jacobson and Zagunis, U.S. women have held the Women's Saber World Cup title for four of the eight years of its existence.
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