One was born into the sport; the other wandered her way into it. One is history, the first American to win Olympic gold in foil, a woman who considers it her job to grow her sport; the other is the future, the NCAA foil champion and the benefactor of the road her opponent has paved.

One is a soon-to-be doctor, who fearlessly speaks out about reproductive rights for women. The other is a junior philosophy major at Harvard, who proudly speaks about being a Black woman in a sport not typically reserved for people of color.

On a glorious Sunday evening in Paris, the two American women, Lee Kiefer and Lauren Scruggs, said en guarde beneath the expansive glass dome of the Grand Palais, a stunning monument built for the 1900 World Fair, in the country in which the sport was started by King Louis XIV in the 17th Century, to decide a gold medal.

It was, to say the least, quite the Olympic moment.

Kiefer, older and more experienced, won the gold with ease, 15-5, ripping off her mask in celebration before embracing Scruggs and exchanging high fives.